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stubble

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Translations

stubbleverb

stubbled

Past Simple

stubbled

Past Participle

stubbling

Gerund

Rare; chiefly agricultural or descriptive.

Additional translations

chaumerAgriculture, rare.

se couvrir de barbe de trois joursFamilier.

Synonyms

cut short

stubbleadjective

/ˈstʌb.əl/

Used attributively before another noun (e.g. stubble field, stubble burning).

mal raséSe dit d’un visage ou d’une barbe courte et drue.

He looked stubble and tired after the night shift.

Il avait l’air mal rasé et fatigué après le service de nuit.

de chaumeAgriculture.

Stubble burning is banned in many regions due to air-quality concerns.

Le brûlage de chaume est interdit dans de nombreuses régions en raison des préoccupations liées à la qualité de l’air.

Synonyms

stubblenoun

stubbles

barbe de trois jours

He rubbed his chin, feeling the rough stubble that had grown over the weekend.

Il se frotta le menton, sentant la barbe de trois jours rêche qui avait poussé pendant le week-end.

chaume

The field was covered in stubble after the farmers had finished harvesting the wheat.

Le champ était couvert de chaume après que les fermiers eurent terminé la récolte du blé.

Synonyms

Definitions

stubbleverb

To harvest (a crop) so as to leave short stalks standing in the field.

After the wheat was stubbled, the field was ready for ploughing.

To cover or mark with short, stiff hairs.

His cheeks were stubbled with two days' growth.

stubbleadjective

Attributive: relating to crop stubble or to short, stiff facial hair.

Stubble burning is banned in many regions due to air-quality concerns.

stubblenoun

The short, stiff hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved for a few days.

He rubbed his chin, feeling the rough stubble that had grown over the weekend.

The short stalks left in a field after a crop, such as wheat, has been harvested.

The field was covered in stubble after the farmers had finished harvesting the wheat.