- 1the outer covering of the seeds of grain such as wheat, which is separated from the grain before it is eaten
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- 2straw (= dried stems of wheat) and hay (= dried grass) cut up as food for cows Idioms
to distinguish useful or valuable people or things from ones that are not useful or have no value We sifted through the application forms to separate the wheat from the chaff.
Check pronunciation: chaff