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WINNOWING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does winnowing mean?
• WINNOWING (noun)
The noun WINNOWING has 1 sense:
1. the act of separating grain from chaff
Familiarity information: WINNOWING used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of separating grain from chaff
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
Context example:
the winnowing was done by women
Hypernyms ("winnowing" is a kind of...):
separation (sorting one thing from others)
Derivation:
winnow (separate the chaff from grain by using air currents)
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