English Explanatory Dictionary

stubble

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
  2. The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
verb
  1. To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.

Pronunciation

/ˈstʌb.əl/ en-us-stubble.ogg

Word forms

stubble stubbles stubbling stubbled

Etymology

From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel.

Synonyms

stub stump five o'clock shadow

Related words

etiolate stipula

Derived words

permastubble stubbleless stubbleward stubbly designer stubble stubble-fed stubble field stubble goose stubble quail stubble rake stubble rash
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