stub

¹stub

noun \ˈstəb\

Definition of STUB

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

Examples of STUB

1. Hold onto your ticket stub in case you leave the theater and want to come back in again.
2. <an ashtray full of cigarette stubs>

Origin of STUB

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

First Known Use: before 12th century

Related to STUB

Synonyms

end, fag end, leftover, oddment, remainder, remnant, ¹scrap

Related Words

leavings, odds and ends, pickings, refuse, remains, residual, residue, scraping(s), stump, vestige; balance, rest; chip, flake, fragment, piece, sliver, splinter; ribbon(s), shred, tatter

Near Antonyms

whole

Other Botany Terms

annual, burgeon, chloroplast, nomenclature, succulent, sylvan, xylem

Rhymes with STUB

bub, blub, chub, club, cub, drub, dub, flub, grub, hub, nub, pub, rub, schlub, scrub, shrub, slub, snub, sub, tub

²stub

transitive verb

stubbedstub·bing

Definition of STUB

1

a : to grub up by the roots

b : to clear (land) by grubbing out rooted growth

c : to hew or cut down (a tree) close to the ground

2

: to extinguish (as a cigarette) by crushing

3

: to strike (one's foot or toe) against an object

First Known Use of STUB

15th century

Other Agriculture/Gardening Terms

fallow, graft, heirloom, loam, potash, soilage, swath, tilth, windfall