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Topic: AGRICULTURE

Language: Old English
Origin: ceaf

chaff

 noun
     
chaff [uncountable]
1TA the outer seed covers that are separated from grain before it is used as food
2 dried grasses and plant stems that are used for food for farm animals

➔ separate the wheat from the chaff

at wheat (2)
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