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STUBBLE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("stubble" is a kind of...):

beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds

Synonyms:

chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("stubble" is a kind of...):

plant material; plant substance (material derived from plants)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stubble"):

bran (broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting)

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