- 1the lower, short, stiff part of the stems of crops such as wheat that are left in the ground after the top part has been cut and collected
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- 2the short stiff hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved recently
NAmE//ˈstʌbli//, NAmE//ˈstʌbl̩i//
adjectiveSee stubble in the Oxford Advanced Learner's DictionaryCheck pronunciation: stubble