<p><strong>noun</strong></p><ul><li>the husks of grains and grasses that are separated during threshing</li><li>straw cut up for fodder</li><li>worthless matter; refuse</li><li>the membranous, usually dry, brittle bracts of the flowers of certain plants</li><li>also called window</li><li>Military: strips of metal foil dropped by an aircraft to confuse enemy radar by creating false blips</li></ul>