stubble

Other forms of stubble

plural

stubbles·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stubble

What does stubble mean?

stubble means "material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stubble?

stubble has 2 syllables: stub-ble. The stress falls on "stub". In IPA it is /ˈstʌbəl/.

What is another word for stubble?

Close synonyms include chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stubble a common word?

stubble is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.