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Chaff

/tʃˈæf/
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(noun) The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

Old birds are not caught with chaff.
That person's so stingy that he won't even let the mouse have the chaff.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The farmer separated the grain from the ____ after the harvest city.

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