Phrase Hound found 22 phrases and 20 compound words that contain chaff. The most common are listed below. Open chaff in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 22
- separate the wheat from the chaffTo select only that which is of value.
- chaff cutterA machine for cutting straw or hay into chaff.
- prickly chaff flowerA plant of species Achyranthes aspera within the family Amaranthaceae, native to the Old World, but found throughout the tropics, with medicinal and other uses.
- chaff cuttersplural of chaff cutter: A machine for cutting straw or hay into chaff.
- chaff engineA machine for cutting straw or hay into chaff.
- chaff enginesplural of chaff engine: A machine for cutting straw or hay into chaff.
- winnow grain from chaffSynonym of separate the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- winnowing grain from chaffpresent participle and gerund of winnow grain from chaff
- separated the wheat from the chaffsimple past and past participle of separate the wheat from the chaff
- separates the wheat from the chaffthird-person singular simple present indicative of separate the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- separating the wheat from the chaffpresent participle and gerund of separate the wheat from the chaff
- sort the wheat from the chaffSynonym of separate the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- sorted the wheat from the chaffsimple past and past participle of sort the wheat from the chaff
- sorting the wheat from the chaffpresent participle and gerund of sort the wheat from the chaff
- sorts the wheat from the chaffthird-person singular simple present indicative of sort the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- winnowed grain from chaffsimple past and past participle of winnow grain from chaff
- winnow the wheat from the chaffSynonym of separate the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- winnowed the wheat from the chaffsimple past and past participle of winnow the wheat from the chaff
- winnowing the wheat from the chaffpresent participle and gerund of winnow the wheat from the chaff
- winnows grain from chaffthird-person singular simple present indicative of winnow grain from chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- winnows the wheat from the chaffthird-person singular simple present indicative of winnow the wheat from the chaff: To select only that which is of value.
- you can't catch old birds with chaffThe wisest and the most experienced cannot be easily deceived.
Compound words 20
- chaffinchA small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.
- chaffbagA large sack for holding chaff.
- chaffweedA low glabrous weedy branching herb (Centunculus minimus) of the family Primulaceae, having short dry chaff-like leaves.
- chafflessWithout chaff.
- chaffbagsplural of chaffbag: A large sack for holding chaff.
- Chaffeesplural of Chaffee: A surname from Old French.
- chaffersplural of chaffer: To haggle or barter.
- chaffiercomparative form of chaffy: more chaffy
- chaffiesplural of chaffie: A chaffinch.
- chaffinchesplural of chaffinch: A small passerine bird, Fringilla coelebs, of the finch family, found throughout Europe and eastward to Iran and eastern Mediterranean coastlands.