Stubble

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  • noun. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
  • noun. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Same as stubble-cane.
  • noun. The lower ends of grain-stalks, collectively, left standing in the ground when the crop is cut; the covering of a harvested field of grain.
  • noun. Something resembling or analogous to stubble, especially a short rough beard, or the short hair on a cropped head. See stubbly.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle.
  • noun. the graylag goose.
  • noun. a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
  • noun. the short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • noun. short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
    • Word Usage
    "If I have on the right (or, I guess, wrong) sort of underwear, the stubble is like Velcro and I have to rip my undies off every time I go to the bathroom."
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