Rhymes: -æf <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> (usually uncountable, plural <span class="searchmatch">chaffs</span>) The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. Coordinate term: bran To separate out the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, early...
<span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> engine (plural <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> engines) A machine for cutting straw or hay into <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>. Synonym: <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> cutter...
wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> (third-person singular simple present sorts the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, present participle sorting the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, simple past...
sort the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, winnow the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, winnow grain from <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> The figurative sense is by extension from the literal sense, which...
<span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> engines plural of <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> engine...
from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> (third-person singular simple present winnows the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, present participle winnowing the wheat from the <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, simple past...
<span class="searchmatch">chaffs</span> third-person singular simple present indicative of <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> Schaff...
winnow grain from <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span> (third-person singular simple present winnows grain from <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, present participle winnowing grain from <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>, simple past and...
<span class="searchmatch">chaffed</span> Finely chopped into <span class="searchmatch">chaff</span>. 1888, Thomas Jennings, “Practical Experiences in the Preparation of Food for Stock”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural...
(“bargain, trade”, noun), equivalent to cheap + fare. <span class="searchmatch">chaffer</span> (third-person singular simple present <span class="searchmatch">chaffers</span>, present participle chaffering, simple past and...