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DictionarychaffGrain husks
noun

chaff

CHAF/tʃæf/

The discarded dry husks of threshed grain.

Dry chaff lies beside the solid wheat kernels after threshing.

A close, simple study of a loose pile of dry wheat husks separated from grain, with a small distinct cluster of solid wheat kernels beside it for contrast.
Etymology
chaffOld Englishgrain husks

Old English ceaf already named grain husks, the material separated from the kernels during threshing. The modern agricultural sense preserves that meaning; deeper ancestry is uncertain.

In context

Lehman's0:59
taking stuff and I B I pour it from one bucket to another bucket and let the breeze blow the chaff off of the grain so the stuff we don't want here is very light
Lehmans - Removing hulls from grain

More examples

  • The breeze carries the light chaff away.
  • She separates useful advice from the chaff.
  • The machine removes chaff from the harvested grain.

Similar words

husk
The outer covering of an individual seed or fruit.
debris
Discarded or broken material of any kind.