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noun
1.
Usually, stubbles. the stumps of grain and other stalks left in the ground when the crop is cut.
2.
such stumps collectively.
3.
any short, rough growth, as of beard.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English stuble < Old French estuble < Vulgar Latin *stupula, Latin stipula stipule
1250–1300; Middle English stuble < Old French estuble < Vulgar Latin *stupula, Latin stipula stipule
Related forms
stub·bled, stub·bly, adjective
un·stub·bled, adjective
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Stubble
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Example Sentences
- Depending on the season, the riverbanks are golden with the stubble of past harvests or sheathed in the moist green of new crops.
- And added to that a woolly hat on unkempt long hair and three days' stubble.
- The stubble has become fuzz, which has become full-grown volleyball.
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Word Origin & History
stubble
c.1300, "stumps of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping," from O.Fr. estuble "stubble" (Fr. éteule), from L. stupla, reduced form of stipula "stalk, straw;" related to stipes "trunk, stick." Applied from c.1600 to bristles on a man's unshaven face.
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