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- Dictionarystub/stʌb/
noun
- 1. the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use: "the ashtray was full of stubs" Similar
- 2. the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document: "retain your ticket stubs" Similar
verb
- 1. accidentally strike (one's toe) against something: "I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped"
- 2. extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something: "she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray"
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STUB definition: 1. the short part of something that is left after the main part has been used, especially a…. Learn more.
1. a. : stump sense 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.
1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub. 2. the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc. 3. (Banking & Finance) US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction.
stub. noun [ C ] us / stʌb / uk / stʌb / Add to word list. the short part of something that is left after the main part has been used, especially a cigarette after it has been smoked or one of the small pieces of paper left in a book from which checks or tickets have been torn. Synonym. counterfoil UK. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The stub of a cigarette or a pencil is the short piece which remains when the rest has been used.
noun. a short projecting part. a short remaining piece, as of a pencil, candle, or cigar. (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away. the returned portion of a ticket. the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground; stump.
Definitions of stub. noun. the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) synonyms: butt. see more. noun. a small piece. “a stub of a pencil” synonyms: nub. see more. noun. a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost. see more. noun.
