Main Entry: ¹stub

Pronunciation: \ˈstəb\

Function: noun

Etymology: Middle English stubb, from Old English stybb; akin to Old Norse stūfr stump, Greek stypos stem

Date: before 12th century

1 a : stump 2 b : a short piece remaining on a stem or trunk where a branch has been lost
2 : something made or worn to a short or blunt shape; especially : a pen with a short blunt nib
3 : a short blunt part left after a larger part has been broken off or used up <a pencil stub>
4 : something cut short or stunted
5 a : a small part of a leaf (as of a checkbook) attached to the spine for memoranda of the contents of the part torn away b : the part of a ticket returned to the user