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stub·ble
(stŭb′əl)n.
1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
[Middle English stuble, from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, stupla, variant of stipula, straw.]
stub′bled adj.
stub′bly adj.
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stubble
(ˈstʌbəl)n
1. (Agriculture)
a. the stubs of stalks left in a field where a crop has been cut and harvested
b. (as modifier): a stubble field.
2. any bristly growth or surface
[C13: from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, variant of stipula stalk, stem, stubble]
ˈstubbly adj
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stub•ble
(ˈstʌb əl)n.
1. Usu., stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
2. any short, rough growth, as of beard.
[1250–1300; Middle English < Old French estuble < Vulgar Latin *stupula, Latin stipula stipule]
stub′bled, stub′bly, adj.
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Stubble
stumps of the stalks of wheat or other grain, collectively, 1846.Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. Copyright 2008 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun | 1. | stubble - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds bran - broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting plant material, plant substance - material derived from plants |
2. | stubble - short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days |
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stubble
noun
2. bristles, hair, whiskers, beard, facial hair, designer stubble, five o'clock shadow His face was covered with the stubble of several nights.
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Translations
جُذامَة الحِنْطَهشَعْر الوَجْه قَبْلَ حَلْقِه
strniště
skægstubstubbe
borostás álltarló
kornhá, kornstönglastubbarskeggbroddar
apžėlęsneskusta barzdaražiena
bārdas rugājirugāji
strnisko
anızekin kökühafif uzamış sakal
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stubble
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stubble
(ˈstabl) noun1. the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.
2. short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.
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