stubble
Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s faceShort, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
» I like your beard stubble.
Мне нравится щетина на твоём подбородке.
Мені подобається щетина на твоєму підборідді.
Meaning
2 senses(countable, uncountable, usually)Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
Stoppel, Bartstoppel, Stoppeln
щети́наščetína
щети́наščetýna
short stiff hairs growing on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days
(countable, uncountable, usually)The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
Stoppel, Stoppeln
стерня́sternjá, стерньsternʹ, жнивьёžnivʹjó
стерня́sternjá
Examples
14 sentencesI like your beard stubble.
Мені подобається щетина на твоєму підборідді. — deniko
ruМне нравится щетина на твоём подбородке. — odexed
The hint of stubble on his face evens out his ruddy looks.
I'm not sure if this strategic beard stubble is working for me.
Ruchi thinks bearded men are very unattractive, but she doesn't mind a stubble.
On the field margin beside the stubble, poppies bobbed gently in the breeze.
deIm Feldrain neben den Stoppeln wiegte sich Klatschmohn sacht im Wind. — Yorwba
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esFrom Middle English stuble, from Anglo-Norman stuble, estuble, from Old French estoble, esteule (whence Modern French éteule), from Latin stipula (“stalk, straw”). Cognate with Dutch stoppel, Central German Stoppel, Upper German Stupfel. Doublet of stipule.
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Forms
plural: stubblesSynonyms
8 synonymsWord family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable