Definition of stubble Stubble

/stʌˈbʌl/ - [stubul] - stub•ble

We found 9 definitions of stubble from 6 different sources.

What does stubble mean?

Noun Plural: stubbles
stubble - short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
stubble - material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
		chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw
		plant material, plant substance material derived from plants

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stubble (Noun)
Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
stubble (Noun)
The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.

stubble (n.)
The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.

stubble
The short, rooted stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
stubble
Short, coarse hair, especially on a man's face.

stubble
stub′l, n. the stumps or root-ends of the stalks of corn left in the ground by the reaper or mower: anything like this, as a bristly beard, &c.: the sugar-cane in the field after the first year.—adjs. Stubb′led, covered with stubble; Stubb′le-fed, fed on the natural grass growing among stubble.—ns. Stubb′le-goose, or Harvest-goose, the greylag goose; Stubb′le-rake, a rake with long teeth for raking stubble together.—adj. Stubb′ly, stubbled: having stubble: covered with stubble. [O. Fr. estouble, prob. Teut. (Old High Ger. stupfila), or directly from L. stipula, dim. of stipes, a stalk.]