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chaff
In dictionary for phrase chaff was found total 7 words.
Pronunciation:
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| chaff | plevy | n: |
| chaff | škádlení | n: |
| chaff | šmejd | n: |
| Chaff | Míč | GB |
| Chaff | Míč | |
| Chaff | Seznam severských bohů | |
| chaff | plevy | Cereals dictionary |
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Definition:
| Chaff | The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. |
| Chaff | Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. |
| Chaff | Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. |
| Chaff | Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. |
| Chaff | The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower. |
| Chaff | To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. |
| Chaff | To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. |
Synonyms:
stubble, stalk, husk, straw, shuck, jolly, kid, banter, josh,
husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble, foil, plant material,
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Number of lists: 3(noun) husk|shuck|stalk|straw|stubble|plant material (generic term)
(noun) foil (generic term)
(verb) kid|jolly|josh|banter|tease (generic term)|razz (generic term)|rag (generic term)|cod (generic term)|tantalize (generic term)|tantalise (generic term)|bait (generic term)|taunt (generic term)|twit (generic term)|rally (generic term)|ride (generic term)
Antonyms:
Nothing antonyms found for term: chaff
English explanatory dictionary
n. & v. --n. 1 the husks of corn or other seed separated by winnowing or threshing. 2 chopped hay and straw used as fodder. 3 light-hearted joking; banter. 4 worthless things; rubbish. 5 strips of metal foil released in the atmosphere to obstruct radar detection. --v. 1 tr. & intr. tease; banter. 2 tr. chop (straw etc.). øchaff-cutter a machine for chopping fodder. separate the wheat from the chaff distinguish good from bad. øøchaffy adj. [OE ceaf, cóf prob. f. Gmc: sense 3 of n. & 1 of v. perh. f. CHAFE],
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Merrian-Webster dictionary
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| chaff | noun | light jesting talk BANTER |
| chaff | noun | material (as strips of foil or clusters of fine wires) ejected into the air for reflecting radar waves (as for confusing an enemy's radar detection or for tracking a descending spacecraft) |
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