Words Like STUB
    
   We have put together a list of words that are similar to STUB.
    
    
    
        
            15 Alternative Words Similar to stub
   
            
               
            
            
        
       
    
    
        4 examples of stub
           
        
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        the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar
    
    2
    
        to stub up edible roots
    
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        to stub land
    
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        a stub of a pencil
    
       
    
    
        10 definitions of stub
           
        
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        The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub.
    
    
    
 
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        A log; a block; a blockhead.
    
    
    
 
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        The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick.
    
    
    
 
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        A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded.
    
    
    
 
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        A pen with a short, blunt nib.
    
    
    
 
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        A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
    
    
    
 
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        To grub up by the roots; to extirpate.
    
    
    
 
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        To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.
    
    
    
 
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        clear of weeds by uprooting them