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STUBBLE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stubble" is a kind of...):
beard; face fungus; whiskers (the hair growing on the lower part of a man's face)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
Synonyms:
chaff; husk; shuck; stalk; straw; stubble
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("stubble" is a kind of...):
plant material; plant substance (material derived from plants)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stubble"):
bran (broken husks of the seeds of cereal grains that are separated from the flour by sifting)
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