Stubble

n.

1.

The stumps of wheat, rye, barley, oats, or buckwheat, left in the ground; the part of the stalk left by the scythe or sickle. Stubble goose (Zool.) the graylag goose. Stubble rake a rake with long teeth for gleaning in stubble. - Chaucer.

Noun

1.

stubble - 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

Vandyke, 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, vestige, wastage, waste, waste matter, wastepaper, weeds, whiskers

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