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How to pronounce stubble in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw
Type of plant material, plant substance
Has types bran
Type Words
Type of beard, face fungus, whiskers

Examples of stubble

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After rice is harvested in the fall, brown stubble decays in the flooded fields.
From the sacbee.com
Did Richard Nixon grow his shadowy stubble, or did his shadowy stubble grow him?
From the time.com
By season three, Kidulthood had been out, so I had the stubble and low-cut hair.
From the guardian.co.uk
His hair was slicked back and a few days of white stubble sprouted from his chin.
From the guardian.co.uk
Even his wan stubble of fair beard fails to suggest so much as a hint of jawline.
From the theatlantic.com
Owen, sporting a perpetual stubble, is grimmer than the monthly U.S. jobs report.
From the bloomberg.com
Olson is 79 years old, with tired eyes and two days of white stubble on his chin.
From the ocregister.com
Guys, don't let stubble come between you and the finish line this spring break.
From the sfgate.com
According to NamUs, he had a scar across his chin, curly hair and facial stubble.
From the kentucky.com
More examples
  • Chaff: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  • Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
  • (stubbly) bestubbled: having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin"
  • Stubble is the regrowth of shaven body hair on the face, legs, armpits or chest that is short and rough to the touch.
  • That part of grain plants left in the ground after the crop has been harvested. GOD's judgment upon unrighteousness is often pictured as a destroying fire raging through a field of stubble (Ex. 15:7; Joel 2:5). In several places, the NKJV translates as straw (Job 21:18; 41:29; I Cor. ...
  • Cut stems of cereal left in the field after harvest.
  • The stalk or stub of a plant.
  • Crop harvesting residue.