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chaffed

chaffed adjective: finely chopped into chaff. Also the simple past and past participle of chaff.

Adjective

chaffed

  1. Finely chopped into chaff.
    • Chaffed food, or "lick," as it is termed here, causes both milk and butter to be sweeter and of better quality, and free from taste of turnips.1888, Thomas Jennings, “Practical Experiences in the Preparation of Food for Stock”, in Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, page 440
    • Straw (usually oat-, but at times wheat- or bean-straw) is often given during winter, and hay in spring when hard work begins; but the best results are obtained by using a chaffed mixture of hay and straw throughout the winter season.1907, Robert Wallace, Farm Live Stock of Great Britain, page 504

Also used as

chaffed is also the simple past and past participle of chaff.

Words formed from chaffed

Questions about chaffed

What does chaffed mean?
Chaffed means finely chopped into chaff.
What part of speech is chaffed?
Chaffed is an adjective.

Words near chaffed in the dictionary

  1. chaff cutters
  2. chaff engine
  3. chaff engines
  4. chaffbag
  5. chaffbags
  6. chaffed
  7. Chaffee
  8. Chaffee County
  9. Chaffees
  10. chaffer
  11. chaffered

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