winnowing
/wˈɪnˌoʊɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The act of separating chaff from grain.
Example Sentences
- "If God doth suffer his own people and dearest children to be exposed to Satan's temptings and winnowings; Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?"
- "At first I tried to handle the seasonal winnowings with a large three-bin compost device."