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Word of the Day for Monday, February 2, 2009 chaff \chaf\, noun, verb: 1. the stiff strawlike part of grains such as wheat, oats, rye 2. to make good-natured fun of someone 3. worthless material; detritus Chaff is separated from the grain by threshing. It's hard to separate the chaff from the wheat sometimes. The kids chaffed the exchange student for her mistakes in grammar. c 1000, Old English ceaf, from Proto-Germanic *kaf-, *kef-. Chaffinch (Fringilla cælebs) is Old English ceaffinc Dictionary.com Entry and Pronunciation for chaff Yesterday's Word - Previous Words - Help
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