chaff
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Types & categories
- plant material hypernym
- bran hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
be silly or tease one another
After we relaxed, we just kidded around
Types & categories
- twit hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
foil in thin strips; ejected into the air as a radar countermeasure
Types & categories
- foil hypernym
Related & opposite
- chaffy derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | shuck |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | husk |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | chaffy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | plant material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bran |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | banter |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | jolly |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | twit |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | chaffy |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | foil |