stub
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3.7
- noun
- /stʌb/
:
resto
- Two, he always has a history book in his pocket and a pencil stub.
I'm using some old white beeswax candle stubs.
- I'm using some old white beeswax candle stubs.
- And somebody had cut off its tail and then wrapped the stub with gauze and and medical tape.
Examples
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On either side of the road, mere stumps and blackened trunks and stubs of trees.
Fiction book (1992) -
She was lying on the divan, a large tray of cigarette stubs beside her.
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And I still have the ticket stub.
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A stub from a boxing match.
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We left all the stubs in the suitcase.
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The stubs of candles, for example!
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I am looking at a collection of pencils worn down to stubs by the local writer.
Academic text (1994) -
We love candle stubs!
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Pike passes an overturned table, the stubs of its broken legs sticking up at the ceiling.
Fiction book (1992) -
He picked up the pencil stub and realized it was too short to write with.
Synonyms
184
3.2
A small piece broken off something larger
179
2.1
A small piece left over or thrown away
148
4.1
A small amount left on something after most is removed
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7.5
A leftover piece of cloth used for sewing or crafts
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5.2
The small part of a cigarette left after someone smokes it
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3.0
The part of a limb, tooth, or tree that remains after the rest is cut off
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6.9
A small hard lump that sticks out from a surface
A small piece left at the very end of cloth or ribbon
Antonyms
Compounds
How Small
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stub comes from the old word stubb meaning 'tree stump', which makes a clear picture of a small piece left behind; that is why a pencil or candle stub is the short end that remains after most is used.