stubble

CEFRB2

/ˈstʌb.əl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    Short rough hair growing on a man's face.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Examples

  • The hint of stubble on his face evens out his ruddy looks.

  • I like your beard stubble.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  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.

  2. Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.

More examples

In context

  • 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.

  • In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed.

  • Both spring and fall ploughing produced a crop freer from weeds than where the seed was stubbled in.

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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.