English-Greek translations for chaff
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
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