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Definition or meaning of the English word Chaff
Anything of a comparatively light and worthless character; the refuse part of anything. (n.).
Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle. (n.).
Light jesting talk; banter; raillery. (n.).
The scales or bracts on the receptacle; which subtend each flower in the heads of many Compositae; as the sunflower. (n.).
To use light; idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter. (v. i.).
To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz. (v. t.).
The glumes or husks of grains and grasses separated from the seed by threshing and winnowing; etc. (n.).
Translations for the English word Chaff
Italian Translation for the English word Chaff is lolla; pulla; (joke) burla; (fig.) loppa[Noun]
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