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Noun: stubble  stú-bul
  1. 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"
     
  2. 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