English-Finnish translations for chaff

• irvailla
• silppu
• vinoilla
  Pitikö sinunkin tulla siihen vinoilemaan?
• akana
• akanat
• irvailu
• ruumen
• vinoilu

Definition of chaff

• The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant
• Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle
• Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless
• Light jesting talk; banter; raillery
• To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter

Examples

• To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff

Related words

• chaffinch
• chiffchaff
• Schaffhausen
• chaffer
• chaffweed
• Aschaffenburg
• chaffy
• Chaffcombe
• awnchaff