stubble
pronunciation
How to pronounce stubble in British English:
UK [ˈstʌbl]
How to pronounce stubble in American English:
US [ˈstʌbəl]
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- Noun:
- material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Word Origin
- stubble (n.)
- c. 1300, "stumps of grain stalks left in the ground after reaping," from Old French estuble "stubble" (Modern French éteule), from Vulgar Latin stupla, reduced form of Latin stipula "stalk, straw" (see stipule). Applied from 1590s to bristles on a man's unshaven face.
Example
- 1. Testing on anti-wind erosion effect of soil for crop stubble coverage farmlands .
- 2. Logging on a large scale had just begun , and the stumps of cut trees were visible everywhere , like stubble on a dry , cracking face .
- 3. George , her husband , looks up at the ceiling . " Well , let 's see , " he says , rubbing the gray stubble of his beard . " Picking flowers in the rain ? "
- 4. The specification of conservation tillage technology in two stubble of wheat and maize .
- 5. The inversion plowing date was not recorded , so time from harvest to next planting was regarded as residue and stubble stage .