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stubble
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As a noun, stubble means short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face. As a verb, it means 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.
Meanings of stubble
5 meaningsnoun
Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few daysbody
verb
agricultureTo 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.
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).