stubbled
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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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stubbled
(ˈstʌbəld)adj
1. (Agriculture) having the stubs of stalks left after a crop has been cut and harvested
2. having a bristly growth or surface
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Adj. | 1. | stubbled - having a short growth of beard; "his stubbled chin" |
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