chaff

Meanings

• noun

  The husks or other worthless parts of a grain crop that are separated from the grain in threshing.

  - "After the harvest, the farmers collected the chaff and used it as fuel for their stoves."
  - "The wind carried the chaff far away from the fields."

• noun

  Trivial or worthless matters; waste.

  - "The politician spoke about important issues, not just chaff."
  - "The students were discussing trivial matters, or chaff, during class."

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Synonyms

window

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with chaff
haff , aff , caff , raff , scaff

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Homophones

Words having the same pronunciation but different meanings, origins, or spelling,

1. Chaffinch (English) : A small bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, having a red face and a yellow rump.
   

2. Chaffed (English) : Rubbed raw or sore; irritated or abraded.
   

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Variants

List of all variants of chaff that leads to same result
chaff , chaffier , chaffiest , chaffs , chaffy , chaffed , chaffing , separate the wheat from the chaff

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Forms

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chaffs, chaffing

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Etymology

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Old English ceaf, ceafa, husk, shell, from Proto-Germanic *kafjo, *kafon.

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Trivia

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1. Chaff is sometimes used as a fuel for heating buildings.

2. The term 'chaff' is also used in radio communication to refer to unwanted signals.

3. The word 'chaff' is derived from the Old English word 'ceaf', which means 'husk' or 'shell'.

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Related Concepts

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1. Threshing: The process of separating the grain from the chaff using a threshing machine or other means.

2. Harvest: The act of gathering in a crop, especially one that is ripe and ready for gathering.

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Culture

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Chaff has been used in various cultural contexts. In literature, it has been used as a metaphor for trivial or meaningless matters. In art, it has been depicted as a symbol of the harvest season. In music, there is a folk song called 'The Chaff Polka'.

How to Memorize "chaff"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine a pile of husks or grain husks after the threshing process. Visualize the wind blowing away the chaff, leaving behind the grains.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'chaff' with the harvest season, as it is a byproduct of the threshing process.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Use the mnemonic 'Chaff: Crop Husks After Farming' to remember the meaning of the word.

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