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Stump

/stˈʌmp/
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(noun) The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.

But I have nothing left. I am just an old stump.
Tom sat on the stump loading his gun.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The old tree was cut down last year, leaving only a weathered ____ in the middle of the empty field today.

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