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Noun
S:
(n)
stub
(a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost)
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S:
(n)
nub
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stub
(a small piece)
"a nub of coal"; "a stub of a pencil"
S:
(n)
stub
,
ticket stub
(a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt)
S:
(n)
stub
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check stub
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counterfoil
(the part of a check that is retained as a record)
S:
(n)
butt
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stub
(the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking))
Verb
S:
(v)
stub
(pull up (weeds) by their roots)
S:
(v)
stub
(extinguish by crushing)
"stub out your cigarette now"
S:
(v)
stub
(clear of weeds by uprooting them)
"stub a field"
S:
(v)
stub
(strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object)
"She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken"