caff

== English == === Alternative forms === caf === Etymology === Clipping of cafeteria. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /kæf/ Rhymes: -æf Homophones: caf, caffe, calf, caph, kaf, kaph === Noun === caff (plural caffs) (UK, Ireland, slang) Synonym of café. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:restaurant == Middle English == === Noun === caff alternative form of chaf == Scots == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English calf (“young cow”). ==== Noun ==== caff alternative form of cauf (“calf (young cow)”) === Etymology 2 === From Middle English caf, caff, kaf, kaff, alternative forms of chaf. ==== Alternative forms ==== cauf, cawf, calf, cauff, kaff ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /kaf/, /kɑːf/ ==== Noun ==== caff (uncountable) Chaff; the parts of harvested grain not usable as food, especially straw or husks. ===== References ===== “caff, n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 15 February 2019, reproduced from W[illiam] Grant and D[avid] D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.