stubble
/ˈstʌb.əl/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.87 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "Here a system ( if it may be called a system ) of stubbling prevails — wheat succeeding wheat for a series of years, and without any material diminution of the yield."
- "In 1919 the stubbled crop was heavier than either that fallowed or plowed."
- "Both spring and fall ploughing produced a crop freer from weeds than where the seed was stubbled in."
- "Because the biggest single expense in producing the crop is planting, good stubbling ability is prized."
Etymology
From 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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Inflected Forms
stubbles (plural)
stubbles (present, singular)
stubbling (participle, present)
stubbled (participle, past)
stubbled (past)