stubble
Meaning
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- Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
- The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
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Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈstʌb.əl/
Etymology
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.
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