What is the meaning of chaff?
1 : the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain. 2 : something comparatively worthless a few kernels of wisdom amid much discursive chaff— Steven Raichlen.
What is the meaning and pronunciation of chaff?
noun. the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing. straw cut up for fodder. worthless matter; refuse. the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants.