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Word entry · 4 letters

stub

Best crossword clue

"Short remaining piece"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /stʌb/Part of speech verb, nounSorted bstuStarts with SEnds with B1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object

Word origin

From Middle English stubbe (“tree stump”), from Old English stybb, stubb (“tree stump”), from Proto-West Germanic *stubb, from Proto-Germanic *stubbaz (compare Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr, Faroese stubbi (“stub”)), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tew-; compare steep (“sharp slope”). Doublet of stob.

Used in a sentence

  • And prickly stubs instead of trees are found.
  • check stub
  • ticket stub

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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues

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