Details of word STUB

Definition of stub

n. - 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.
n. - A log; a block; a blockhead.
n. - The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar.
n. - 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.
n. - A pen with a short, blunt nib.
n. - A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
v. t. - To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots.
v. t. - To remove stubs from; as, to stub land.
v. t. - To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object.

Word "stub" contains 4 letters : B S T U

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