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chaff
Overview of noun chaff
The noun chaff has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble -- (material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds)
2. chaff -- (foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure)
Overview of verb chaff
The verb chaff has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter -- (be silly or tease one another; "After we relaxed, we just kidded around")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chaff
2 senses of chaff
Sense 1
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
=> plant material
=> material, stuff
=> substance, matter
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 2
chaff
=> foil
=> sheet metal
=> sheet, flat solid
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun chaff
1 of 2 senses of chaff
Sense 1
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
=> bran
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun chaff
2 senses of chaff
Sense 1
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
=> plant material
Sense 2
chaff
=> foil
Antonyms of noun chaff
Member Holonyms of noun chaff
Substance Holonyms of noun chaff
Part Holonyms of noun chaff
Member Meronyms of noun chaff
Substance Meronyms of noun chaff
Part Meronyms of noun chaff
Meronyms of noun chaff
Holonyms of noun chaff
Attributes of noun chaff
Derived Forms of noun chaff
2 senses of chaff
Sense 1
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
RELATED TO>(adj) chaffy#1
=> chaffy, chafflike
Sense 2
chaff
RELATED TO>(adj) chaffy#1
=> chaffy, chafflike
Domain of noun chaff
Domain Terms of noun chaff
Familiarity of noun chaff
chaff used as a noun is rare (polysemy count =2)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun chaff
2 senses of chaff
Sense 1
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
> plant material
=> cutin
=> chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
=> cork
=> plant product
=> vegetable tallow
=> wood
Sense 2
chaff
> foil
=> aluminum foil, aluminium foil, tin foil
=> chaff
=> gold foil
=> tinfoil, tin foil
Meronyms of noun chaff
2 senses of chaff
Sense 2
chaff
=> foil
=> sheet metal
=> sheet, flat solid
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun chaff
Grep of noun chaff
chaff
chaffinch
chaffweed
Antonyms of verb chaff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chaff
1 sense of chaff
Sense 1
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
=> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> mock, bemock
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb chaff
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb chaff
1 sense of chaff
Sense 1
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
=> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
'Cause To' of verb chaff
Derived Forms of verb chaff
Domain of verb chaff
Domain Terms of verb chaff
Familiarity of verb chaff
chaff used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb chaff
1 sense of chaff
Sense 1
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
*> Somebody ----s
=> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb chaff
1 sense of chaff
Sense 1
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
=> jeer, scoff, flout, barrack, gibe
=> kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb chaff
Sense 1
kid, chaff, jolly, josh, banter
=> tease, razz, rag, cod, tantalize, tantalise, bait, taunt, twit, rally, ride
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Grep of verb chaff
chaff
chaffer
Grep of adj chaff
chafflike
chaffy
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