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stub

DEFINITIONS OF: stub

1

n the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)

Synonyms:
butt
Types:
cigar butt
small part of a cigar that is left after smoking
cigarette butt
small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking
roach
the butt of a marijuana cigarette
Type of:
part, portion
something less than the whole of a human artifact

n a small piece

“a stub of a pencil”
Synonyms:
nub
Types:
nubbin
a small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn)
Type of:
part, piece
a portion of a natural object

n a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost

Type of:
plant part, plant structure
any part of a plant or fungus

n the part of a check that is retained as a record

Synonyms:
check stub, counterfoil
Type of:
record
anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events

n a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt

Synonyms:
ticket stub
Types:
rain check
a ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain
Type of:
receipt
an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made

v pull up (weeds) by their roots

Type of:
deracinate, extirpate, root out, uproot
pull up by or as if by the roots

v clear of weeds by uprooting them

“stub a field”
Type of:
weed
clear of weeds

v strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

“She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken”
Type of:
collide with, hit, impinge on, run into, strike
hit against; come into sudden contact with

v extinguish by crushing

“stub out your cigarette now”
Type of:
blow out, extinguish, quench, snuff out
put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
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