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— English words —

• chaff n. The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
• chaff n. Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
• chaff n. (Figurative) Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.
• chaff n. Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.
• chaff n. (Military) Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere…
• chaff v. (Intransitive) To use light, idle language by way of fun or ridicule; to banter.
• chaff v. (Transitive) To make fun of; to turn into ridicule by addressing in ironical or bantering language; to quiz.
• chaff v. (Transitive) To cut up (straw or hay) for use as cattle feed.

— Foreign word, define in English —

• Middle english
  • chaff n. Alternative form of chaf.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• chaff n. Chaff; kaf.

— English words, defined in French —

• chaff n. Paille, balle du blé.
• chaff n. Son, épluchure.
• chaff n. Reste, résidu.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• chaff s. Cascarilla.
• chaff s. Paja, relleno.
• chaff v. Bromear.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• chaff s. Parte não comestível de plantas que se acumula junto com os grãos; debulho.
• chaff s. (Por extensão⚠) qualquer material ou ser desnecessário, sem valor.
• chaff s. Tiras metálicas lançadas do avião para confundir radares inimigos.

— In French —

• chaff n.m. Mélange, à parties égales, de paille et de foin coupés.

62 English words from 9 English definitions

addressing aircraft Alternative aluminum aluminum␣foil Any anything banter bantering by␣way␣of cattle cut cut␣up dropped excess feed Figurative fine foil food for form from fun grain hay idle inedible intended interfere into Intransitive ironical jesting language light Loose make make␣fun␣of material Military of␣a parts person plant producing quiz raillery resource ridicule small straw strips talk the Transitive turn turn␣into unwanted use way worthless

17 English words from 11 foreign definitions

Cascarilla Chaff com coupés foin junto kaf material Mélange para Parte parties que sem ser Son valor

1 foreign word from 9 English definitions

chaf

26 foreign words from 11 foreign definitions

acumula avião balle blé Bromear comestível confundir debulho desnecessário égales épluchure et␣de extensão grãos inimigos metálicas não paille Paja plantas Por qualquer relleno résidu Reste Tiras

45 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

chaffs chaffy chaffed Chaffee chaffer chaffie Chaffin chaffle chaffbag Chaffees chaffern chaffers chaffery chaffier chaffies chaffing Chaffins chaffles chaffron chaffwax chaffbags chaffered chafferer chafferns chaffiest chaffinch chaffings chaffless chafflike chaffrons chaffweed chafferers chafferies chaffering chaffiness chaffingly Chaffinses chaffwaxes chaffweeds chaff␣engine chafferings chaffinches chaff␣engines Chaffee␣County Chafford␣Hundred

15 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Schaffs McHaffey McHaffie Schaffer McHaffeys McHaffies Schaffers unchaffed chiffchaffs Schaffhausen Aschaffenburg common␣chaffinch church␣affiliation common␣chaffinches church␣affiliations

3 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

Schaff chiffchaff Iberian␣chiffchaff

8 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

aff AFF aff. cha Cha CHA -cha ha'f

2 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

fah FFA

4 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

chaffs chaffy chauff Schaff

2 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

caff HFFA

6 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

chafe chaft chauf chiff chuff Shaff

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

caff

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

chauff

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