Chaff (Noun)
Meaning 1
Foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure.
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Related Words
Meaning 2
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The combine harvester was set to blow away the chaff from the wheat grains as they were being collected.
- After threshing the grains, the farmer was left with a large pile of chaff to be used as animal bedding.
- The farmer carefully raked the chaff from the threshing floor to separate it from the oats.
- The field was cleared by blowing away the chaff with a blower and then collecting the clean barley.
- The chaff from the rice crop was pressed into bales to be used as mulch for the next season.