Meaning

• The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.

  "To separate out the chaff, early cultures tossed baskets of grain into the air and let the wind blow away the lighter chaff."

• Straw or hay cut up fine for the food of cattle.

• Any excess or unwanted material, resource, or person; anything worthless.

• Light jesting talk; banter; raillery.

• Loose material, e.g. small strips of aluminum foil dropped from aircraft, intended to interfere with radar detection.

Meaning

• An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

• An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.

• The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

• A period of time when something is available.

  "launch window;  window of opportunity;  You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn."

• A restricted range.

• A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.

• A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

• The time between first infection and detectability.

Meaning

• To furnish with windows.

• To place at or in a window.