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chaft

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Northern England/t͡ʃaf(t)/

chaft noun: the jaw.

Noun

chaft (plural chafts)

  1. (Northern England, Scotland, dialectal) The jaw.

chaft meaning in Tamil

chaft in Tamil

காடு

Forms of chaft

pluralchafts
alternative form (dialectal)chaff
alternative form (dialectal)chuff

Origin of chaft

Inherited from Northern Middle English chaft, from Old Norse kjaptr, kjǫptr.

Questions about chaft

What does chaft mean?
Chaft means the jaw.
What is chaft in Tamil?
Chaft in Tamil is காடு. See Chaft meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is chaft?
Chaft is a noun.
How do you pronounce chaft?
Chaft is pronounced /t͡ʃaf(t)/ (Northern England).
What is the plural of chaft?
The plural of chaft is chafts.

Words near chaft in the dictionary

  1. chafingly
  2. chafings
  3. Chafins
  4. Chafkin
  5. Chaflin
  6. chaft
  7. chafta
  8. chafts
  9. chafuroside
  10. chafurosides
  11. chag

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaft (page history and authors); chaft (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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