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Meaning of Stubble | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈstʌb.əl

Definitions

  1. Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
    countable, uncountable, usually
  2. The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
    countable, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca başaq qırpım
Català rostoll
Čeština strniště
Dansk skægstub stub
Galego barbuxa melón restreba restrollo
עברית זיף שלף תבן
हिन्दी खूँटी
Magyar borosta tarló
Հայերեն թրաշ
Bahasa Indonesia jerami
Íslenska broddur
ქართული ნამჯა ჯაგარი
한국어 그루 그루터기
Kurdî ra ra Ra tot
Latina stipulae
Македонски четина
Nederlands stoppel stoppelbaard
Português barbicha restolho
Svenska skäggstubb stubb
Türkçe anız kirli sakal
Українська стерня
Tiếng Việt ra toóc tót tốt

Examples

“Lord (ſayth he) Put them as a wheele and a ſtoble before the face of the wynde. For as the ſtoble, whyle the wynde bloweth wauereth and flyethe aboue in the ayre, nowe hygh nowe lowe, but anone as the wynde paſſeth it falleth adowne to the erthe and lyeth there ſtylle.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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