Definition of chaff Chaff
/ʧæˈf/ - [chaf] - chaff
We found 18 definitions of chaff from 7 different sources.
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What does chaff mean?
WordNet
NounPlural: chafves |
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| chaff - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds | ||
| husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble | ||
| plant material, plant substance material derived from plants | ||
| chaff - foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure | ||
| foil a light slender flexible sword tipped by a button | ||
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Wiktionary 
- chaff (Noun)
The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant. - chaff (Noun)
By extension, any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless. - chaff (Noun)
Loose material dropped from aircraft specifically to interfere with radar detection. - chaff (Verb)
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. - chaff (Verb)
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- chaff (n.)
The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing, etc. - chaff (n.)
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. - chaff (n.)
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. - chaff (n.)
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. - chaff (n.)
The scales or bracts on the receptacle, which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae, as the sunflower. - chaff (v. i.)
To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. - chaff (v. t.)
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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chaff
The dry bracts enclosing mature grains of wheat and some other cereal grasses, removed during threshing.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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chaff
chaf, n. a general name for the husks of corn or other grain as threshed or winnowed: refuse, or worthless matter: light banter, badinage.—v.t. to banter, or tease, by some raillery.—ns. Chaff′-cut′ter, Chaff′-en′gine, a machine for cutting straw or hay into chaff.—n. and p.adj. Chaff′ing.—adv. Chaff′ingly.—adjs. Chaff′less; Chaff′y. [A.S. ceaf; cf. Dut. kaf.]
Proverbs DictionaryProverbs Dictionary 📗
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chaff
I'm too old a bird to be caught by chaff.
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