'Stubble' definitions:
Definition of 'stubble'
(from WordNet)
Definition of 'Stubble'
From: GCIDE
- Stubble \Stub"ble\, n. [OE. stobil, stoble, OF. estouble, estuble, F. ['e]tuele, LL. stupla, stupula, L. stipula stubble, stalk; cf. D. & G. stopped, OHG. stupfila. Cf. Stipule.] 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. [1913 Webster]
- Stubble goose (Zool.), the graylag goose. [Prov. Eng.] --Chaucer.
- Stubble rake, a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'stubble'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- afterglow,
- afterimage,
- balance,
- barb,
- barbel,
- beard,
- beaver,
- bones,
- bristle,
- bristles,
- butt,
- butt end,
- candle ends,
- chaff,
- culm,
- deadwood,
- debris,
- detritus,
- dishwater,
- down,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dust,
- end,
- fag end,
- filings,
- fossil,
- garbage,
- gash,
- goatee,
- hogwash,
- holdover,
- husks,
- imperial,
- leavings,
- lees,
- leftovers,
- odds and ends,
- offal,
- offscourings,
- orts,
- parings,
- peach fuzz,
- potsherds,
- rags,
- raspings,
- refuse,
- relics,
- remainder,
- remains,
- remnant,
- residue,
- residuum,
- rest,
- roach,
- rubbish,
- ruins,
- rump,
- sawdust,
- scourings,
- scrap iron,
- scraps,
- scum,
- setula,
- setule,
- shadow,
- shards,
- shavings,
- side whiskers,
- slack,
- slag,
- slop,
- slops,
- straw,
- striga,
- stump,
- survival,
- sweepings,
- swill,
- tares,
- trace,
- tuft,
- Vandyke,
- vestige,
- wastage,
- waste,
- waste matter,
- wastepaper,
- weeds,
- whiskers