stubbly
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stub·ble
(stŭb′əl)n.
1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.
[Middle English stuble, from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, stupla, variant of stipula, straw.]
stub′bled adj.
stub′bly adj.
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Adj. | 1. | stubbly - having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" |
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neoholený
ubarberet
borostásletarolt
broddóttur
neoholený
tıraşlı
stubbly
[ˈstʌblɪ] ADJ [chin] → sin afeitar; [beard] → de tres días; [person] → con barba de tres díasCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
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stubbly
adj (+er) → Stoppel-; face → stoppelig; stubbly beard → Stoppelbart m; stubbly field → Stoppelfeld nt
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stubble
(ˈstabl) noun1. the stubs or ends of corn left in the ground when the stalks are cut.
2. short coarse hairs growing eg on an unshaven chin.
ˈstubbly adjectiveKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.