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" We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff."
Dean Stanley

Meaning of "chaff" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CHAFF

Old English ceaf; related to Old High German keva husk.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF CHAFF

tʃɑːf


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CHAFF

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Chaff is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CHAFF MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Chaff

Chaff is the dry, scaly protective casings of the seeds of cereal grain, or similar fine, dry, scaly plant material such as scaly parts of flowers, or finely chopped straw. Chaff is inedible for humans, but livestock can eat it and in agriculture it is used as livestock fodder, or is a waste material ploughed into the soil or burnt.

Definition of chaff in the English dictionary

The first definition of chaff in the dictionary is the mass of husks, etc, separated from the seeds during threshing. Other definition of chaff is finely cut straw and hay used to feed cattle. Chaff is also something of little worth; rubbish.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CHAFF

arf · autograph · barf · behalf · calf · chronograph · epitaph · flagstaff · giraffe · graph · half · laugh · lithograph · monograph · paragraph · photograph · scarf · second-half · spirograph · staff

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CHAFF

chaetae · chaetal · chaetiferous · chaetodon · chaetognath · chaetopod · chafe · chafe at the bit · chafer · chaff-cutter · chaffer · chafferer · chaffery · chaffier · chaffiest · chaffinch · chaffingly · chaffy · chafing dish · chaft

WORDS THAT END LIKE CHAFF

aff · baff · caff · Chief of Staff · chiffchaff · daff · faff · gaff · haff · half-staff · hotel staff · level staff · member of staff · naff · quaff · quarterstaff · raff · scaff · teaching staff · waff

Synonyms and antonyms of chaff in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CHAFF»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «chaff» and belong to the same grammatical category.

Translation of «chaff» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF CHAFF

Find out the translation of chaff to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of chaff from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «chaff» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

箔条
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

tamo
570 millions of speakers
en

English

chaff
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

फूस
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

القشر
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

плевел
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

joio
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

তুষ
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

balle
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Sekam
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

Spreu
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

チャフ
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Chaff
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuyện vụn vặt
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

வைக்கோல்
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भुसकट
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

saman
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

pula
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

plewy
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

плевел
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

pleavă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ήρα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

kaf
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

agnar
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

agner
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of chaff

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CHAFF»

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about chaff

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2 QUOTES WITH «CHAFF»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word chaff.
1
Hamish Bowles
We're obviously in a strange environment where practically anyone can set themselves up as a pundit of sorts. It's all about sorting the wheat from the chaff, and I'm very interested in reading different points of view, and certainly different generations than my own that have such a very different world view.
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Dean Stanley
We must never throw away a bushel of truth because it happens to contain a few grains of chaff.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CHAFF»

Discover the use of chaff in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to chaff and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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International Electronic Countermeasures Handbook
Hovmarken 4, 8520 Lystrup, Denmark; +45.86.222.000; www.terma.com ACDS MCP-7/10 Pylon Integrated Dispenser System (PIDS/PIDS + ) SKWS Naval Launching System chaff/flare/illumination dispenser chaff/flare dispenser chaff/ flare ...
Horizon House, Journal of Electronic Defense Staff Horizon House, 2004
2
Horse Sense: The Guide to Horse Care in Australia and New ...
Mixed feeds contain grains, protein, chaff, minerals, vitamins and molasses. The aim is to provide a complete balanced feed and make the feeding process very simple and convenient. Some mixed feeds contain very low levels of minerals and ...
Peter Huntington, Jane Myers, Elizabeth Owens, 2004
3
Chaff upon the Wind
Kitty Clegg has always accepted the hard work in her job as a kitchen maid at the Manor Farm.
Margaret Dickinson, 2011
4
Environmental protection DOD management issues related to ...
case, chaff accidently blown over San Diego, California, during a Navy exercise 75 to 200 miles from the coast affected power to 65,000 customers and disrupted air traffic control. The Navy reimbursed the power company between $50,000 ...
5
Grain Or Chaff? the Autobiography of a Police Magistrate
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Alfred Chichele Plowden, 2009
6
Wind Chaff
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1920 Original Publisher: Moffat, Yard
Mercedes De Acosta, 2009
7
Early American Proverbs and Proverbial Phrases
Chameleon Chaff and Choose the grain. 1746 Brainerd Memoirs 288: Some corrupt mixture, some chaff as well as wheat. 1773 Asbury Journal 1.84: But what is the chaff to the wheat? 1777 WLivingston in Newspaper Extracts (II) 1.301: It has ...
Bartlett Jere Whiting, 1977
8
Of chaff and wheat: writers, war, and treason
Richard Rand's introduction to the translation provides an excellent background for readers at every stage of familiarity with this important figure in literary history. This book was first published as De la Paille et du Grain (1948).
Jean Paulhan, Richard Aldrich Rand, 2004
9
Meat, milk, and wheat: an elementary introduction to the ...
O 12 Chaff. v lbs. lbs. 65 Straw. 29 Corn. O 10 Chaff. A 102 Straw. 52 Com. O 12 Chaff. v 93 Straw. 85 Straw. 50 Corn. O 41 Corn OO 11 Chaff. 13 Chaff, lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. lbs. * B 192 Straw. 109 Corn. 13 Chaff. 152 Straw. 85 Corn. 15 Chaff.
Sir Thomas Acland (Dyke, 11th bart.), 1857
10
Wheat from Chaff
(In the Gospel of Luke, John the Baptizer spoke of Jesus separating the two - then gathering up the wheat and burning the chaff.) In these pages, we, too, will toss some ideas around, so that, hopefully, what comes back down will be only that ...
Oscar Reynold-Lynch, 2004

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CHAFF»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term chaff is used in the context of the following news items.
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Negative action makes decision easy for speculators
This is a good example of how market declines can serve to separate the wheat from the chaff among better-performing groups. Large investors ... «MarketWatch, Jul 15»
2
Premier League clubs are being fobbed off with overpriced B-listers
... this week disappointed three English suitors and revived the fear that our clubs will end up with the chaff again in this transfer window. «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
'The Bachelorette': Truth and bare
But Lenny Bruce is here to separate the wheat from the chaff that she does not want to sleep with, and to that end she explains to Cletus that ... «Chron.com, Jul 15»
4
Preserving grain quality when harvesting the 2015 wheat crop
The measures are directed at reducing the amount of shrunken, scabby kernels and chaff from the load as this is where the highest levels of ... «Michigan State University Extension, Jul 15»
5
Sucked Into the Benghazi Vortex
... Susan Rice, then the U.N. ambassador, waltzed through the Sunday talk shows after the attack tossing the verbal equivalent of chaff. But the ... «RealClearPolitics, Jul 15»
6
How I'm Looking For A Professional Services Provider In 2015
With No Direct Referral A Good Online Presence is Critical – Going back online, I did use a directory, but there was no way to separate the wheat from the chaff ... «Above the Law, Jul 15»
7
How leaders groom future leaders
Mahatma Gandhi had provided a hint: “Catch them young.” But how do you look at young talent and separate the wheat from the chaff? How do ... «mydigitalfc.com, Jul 15»
8
Prairie Pioneer Days welcomes you
Wheels will be spinning, forkfuls of hay will be pitched, gears will grinding and chaff will be flying through the air. This is your chance to step ... «Westman Journal, Jul 15»
9
No, Kim Kardashian is not an entrepreneur
... flag of American success and innovation, it's important to separate the wheat of entrepreneurs from the chaff of the Kardashians and their ilk. «Fortune, Jul 15»
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Serena Williams vs Venus Williams, Wimbledon 2015: as it happened
Good afternoon. Today represents Wimbledon's business end. The capable wheat has largely been separated from the hopeful chaff, and we ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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