Noun: stubble stú-bul
- Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
"His face was covered in three-day stubble"
- Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
"The combine harvester left stubble scattered across the field";
- chaff, husk, shuck [N. Amer], stalk, straw
Derived forms: stubbles
Type of: beard, face fungus [informal], plant material, plant substance, whiskers
Encyclopedia: Stubble