Stubble

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: stub=ble

CIDE DICTIONARY

Stubble, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.].

 The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.  Mortimer.  [1913 Webster]

Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer. -- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Stubble, n.
1 the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking up after the harvest.
2 a cropped hair or a cropped beard. b a short growth of unshaven hair.

Derivative

stubbled adj. stubbly adj.

Etymology

ME f. AF stuble, OF estuble f. L stupla, stupula var. of stipula straw

THESAURUS

Stubble

Vandyke, afterglow, afterimage, balance, barb, barbel, beard, beaver, bones, bristle, bristles, butt, butt end, candle ends, chaff, culm, deadwood, debris, detritus, dishwater, down, draff, dregs, dust, end, fag end, filings, fossil, garbage, gash, goatee, hogwash, holdover, husks, imperial, leavings, lees, leftovers, odds and ends, offal, offscourings, orts, parings, peach fuzz, potsherds, rags, raspings, refuse, relics, remainder, remains, remnant, residue, residuum, rest, roach, rubbish, ruins, rump, sawdust, scourings, scrap iron, scraps, scum, setula, setule, shadow, shards, shavings, side whiskers, slack, slag, slop, slops, straw, striga, stump, survival, sweepings, swill, tares, trace, tuft, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, whiskers

ROGET THESAURUS

Stubble

Inutility

N inutility, uselessness, inefficacy, futility, ineptitude, inaptitude, unsubservience, inadequacy, inefficiency, unskillfulness, disservice, unfruitfulness (unproductiveness), labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus, lost trouble, lost labor, work of Penelope, sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce, tautology, supererogation, vanitas vanitatum, vanity, inanity, worthlessness, nugacity, triviality, caput mortuum, waste paper, dead letter, blunt tool, litter, rubbish, junk, lumber, odds and ends, cast-off clothes, button top, shoddy, rags, orts, trash, refuse, sweepings, scourings, offscourings, waste, rubble, debris, detritus, stubble, leavings, broken meat, dregs, weeds, tares, rubbish heap, dust hole, rudera, deads, fruges consumere natus, useless, inutile, inefficacious, futile, unavailing, bootless, inoperative, inadequate, inservient, unsubservient, inept, inefficient, of no avail, ineffectual, incompetent, stale, flat and unprofitable, superfluous, dispensable, thrown away, abortive, worthless, valueless, priceless, unsalable, not worth a straw, dear at any price, vain, empty, inane, gainless, profitless, fruitless, unserviceable, unprofitable, ill-spent, unproductive, hors de combat, effete, past work, obsolete, fit for the dust hole, good for nothing, of no earthly use, not worth having, not worth powder and shot, leading to no end, uncalled for, unnecessary, unneeded, uselessly, to little purpose, to no purpose, to little or no purpose, Int, cui bono?, what's the good!, actum ne agas, chercher une aiguille dans une botte de foin, tanto buon che val niente.

Remainder

N remainder, residue, remains, remanent, remnant, rest, relic, leavings, heeltap, odds and ends, cheesepairings, candle ends, orts, residuum, dregs, refuse, stubble, result, educt, fag-end, ruins, wreck, skeleton, stump, alluvium, surplus, overplus, excess, balance, complement, superplus, surplusage, superfluity, survival, survivance, remaining, left, left behind left over, residual, residuary, over, odd, unconsumed, sedimentary, surviving, net, exceeding, over and above, outlying, outstanding, cast off, superfluous.