籾殻 — meaning in English

English meaning

• chaff noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
• shell noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.

Senses

籾殻 is used for these senses in English:

• chaff The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
• shell (in the plural) Husks of cacao seeds, a decoction of which is sometimes used as a substitute or adulterant for cocoa and its products such as chocolate.

chaff — full definition

1. noun The dry, papery husks separated from grain during threshing.
2. noun Something considered worthless or unwanted, especially compared with something valuable ("separating the wheat from the chaff").
3. verb To tease or make good-natured fun of someone.

shell — full definition

1. noun The hard outer covering of certain animals, such as snails, crabs, and turtles, or of eggs and nuts.
2. noun An explosive projectile fired from artillery.
3. noun The outer frame or structure of something, especially when unfinished or empty inside.
4. noun A computer program that provides a command-line interface for interacting with an operating system.
5. verb To remove the outer covering from something, such as a nut or pea.

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