stubble
(noun) short stiff hairs growing on a man’s face when he has not shaved for a few days
chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw, stubble
(noun) material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Source: WordNet® 3.1
stubble (usually uncountable, plural stubbles)
(countable and uncountable) Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
(countable and uncountable) The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
• (short hair on man’s face): five o'clock shadow
• stub
• stump
Source: Wiktionary
Stub"ble, n. Etym: [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. étuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.]
Definition: The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. "After the first crop is off, they plow in the wheast stubble." Mortimer. Stubble goose (Zoöl.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] Chaucer.
– Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 May 2025
(noun) excavation consisting of a vertical or sloping passageway for finding or mining ore or for ventilating a mine
Coffee is a brewed drink prepared from roasted coffee beans, the seeds of berries from certain Coffea species. When coffee berries turn from green to bright red – indicating ripeness – they are picked, processed, and dried. Dried coffee seeds are roasted to varying degrees, depending on the desired flavor.
