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stubble

noun

1 stubble

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds.

synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw.

Roget 40: remainder, residue; remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic; leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts; residuum; ... show more

Roget 645: inutility; uselessness etc. adj.; inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy etc. (insufficiency) 640; inefficiency, ... show more

Dutch: kaf, stoppel, stro, strohalm, stronk, strootje
Polish: plewa

2 stubble

Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.

Dutch: stoppelbaard, stoppel


Moby thesaurus: Vandyke, afterglow, afterimage, balance, barb, barbel, beard, beaver, bones, bristle, bristles, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater ... show more.

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