stubble

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable, usually) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
2. (countable, uncountable, usually) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

Verb

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.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: stuble

Cognate with French: éteule

Cognate with Dutch: stoppel

Cognate with German: Stoppel

Cognate with German: Stupfel

In summary

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

stump

bristle

stalk

straw

stubble-field

chaff

husk

shuck

stub

eddish

crop residue

butt

culm

end

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haulm

unshaven face

crop residues

plant residues

beard