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Plural of chaff

regular plural

The plural of chaff is chaffs.

Forms of chaff

Singularchaff /t͡ʃæf/
Pluralchaffs
Countableusually uncountable

Chaffs in a sentence

  • That cast on his leg chaffs him right smart.From the entry smart

Meaning of chaff

  1. noun The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
  2. noun Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.
  3. noun Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

Full definition of chaff

Questions about the plural of chaff

What is the plural of chaff?
The plural of chaff is chaffs.
Is chaff countable?
Chaff is usually an uncountable noun; its plural is used for kinds or examples of it.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: chaff (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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