Meaning & use
stubble
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Short, stiff hairs on a person's face when they have not shaved for a while, or the short stalks left in a field after crops are cut.
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He rubbed the stubble on his chin, realizing he hadn't shaved in days.
The farmer burned the stubble left in the field after the wheat harvest.
A note on using this word
Stubble most commonly refers to short facial hair, but its original agricultural meaning (cut crop stalks) is still used in farming contexts.
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