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   stubble

   /ˈstʌbl/

   noun

   • 1. the cut stalks of cereal plants left sticking out of the ground after the grain is harvested: "fields of yellow stubble" Similar stalksstraw
   • 2. short, stiff hairs growing on a part of the body that has not been shaved for a while, especially on a man’s face: "she ran her fingers over the dark stubble on his cheeks" Similar bristleswhiskersdesigner stubblehairfacial hairbeardinformal:five o'clock shadow

   Word Origin Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stuble, from Latin stupla, stupula, variants of stipula ‘straw’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. stubbled adjective

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