stubble
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stubble
- /ˈstʌb.əl/
Rhymes with -ʌbəl
Where it comes from
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. Doublet of stipule.
noun stubbles
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Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
Similar: five o'clock shadow
- The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested. Lord (ſayth he) Put them as a wheele and a ſtoble before the face of the wynde. For as the ſtoble, whyle the wynde bloweth wauereth and flyethe aboue in the ayre, nowe hygh nowe lowe, but anone as the wynde paſſeth it falleth adowne to the erthe and lyeth there ſtylle.
verb stubbles · stubbling · stubbled
- 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. Here a system ( if it may be called a system ) of stubbling prevails — wheat succeeding wheat for a series of years, and without any material diminution of the yield.
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noun short, coarse hair
| Español | barba de unos días, barba incipiente, barbita |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 無精ひげ bushōhige |
| 中文 | 鬍子茬 /胡子茬 húzichá, 鬍茬 /胡茬 húchá, 鬍渣 /胡渣 húzhā |
| Português | barbicha |
| Français | barbe de trois jours |
| Deutsch | Stoppel, Bartstoppel, Stoppeln, Bartstoppeln, Dreitagebart |
| Italiano | barba di due giorni, barba incolta |
| Ελληνικά | αξύριστα γένια axýrista génia |
| Русский | щети́на ščetína |
| Tiếng Việt | râu thưa |
| العربية | شُعَيْرَات اللِّحْيَة šuʕayrāt al-liḥya |
| עברית | זיפים zifím |
noun short stalks left in a field after harvest
| Español | rastrojo |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 그루 geuru, 그루터기 geuruteogi |
| 日本語 | 刈り株 karikabu |
| 中文 | 殘株 /残株 cánzhū, 茬 chá |
| हिन्दी | खूंटी khoontee |
| Português | restolho |
| Français | éteule |
| Deutsch | Stoppel, Stoppeln |
| Italiano | stoppia |
| Ελληνικά | καλαμιά kalamiá |
| Русский | стерня́ sternjá, стернь sternʹ, жнивьё žnivʹjó |
| Tiếng Việt | rạ, tót, toóc |
| العربية | قَشّ qašš |
| עברית | שלף shélef |
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title = {stubble},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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