Stubble

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
  • n. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
  • n. the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The lower ends of grain-stalks, collectively, left standing in the ground when the crop is cut; the covering of a harvested field of grain.
  • n. Something resembling or analogous to stubble, especially a short rough beard, or the short hair on a cropped head. See stubbly.
  • n. Same as stubble-cane.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • n. short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    face fungus    whiskers    beard   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    eddish    stump    stub   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Hubble    bubble    double    redouble    rubble    trouble   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    whisker    tuft    bristle    curl    mane    wisp    eyebrow    fuzz    smudge    thatch