Definition of Chaff
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(n.) The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc.
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(n.) Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything.
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(n.) Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
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(n.) Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
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(n.) The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower.
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(v. i.) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
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(v. t.) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Antonyms of Chaff
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Homophones of Chaff
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