tree stump

1. 1.

   the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

   Synonymsstump

   Broaderplant part

   Narrowerstool

   Part oftree

Questions about tree stump

What does tree stump mean?

tree stump means "the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled".

What is another word for tree stump?

Close synonyms include stump. 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 tree stump a common word?

tree stump is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.