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Word entry · 5 letters

stump

Best crossword clue

"Tree base left behind"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /stʌmp/Part of speech verb, nounSorted mpstuStarts with SEnds with P2 cluesCommon crossword word
1S2T3U4M5P

Definitions

  1. remove tree stumps from

Word origin

From Middle English stumpe, stompe (“stump”), from or akin to Middle Low German stump (“stump”) or Middle Dutch stomp, from Old Saxon or Old Dutch *stump, from Proto-West Germanic *stump, from Proto-Germanic *stumpaz (“stump, blunt, part cut off”). Displaced native Old English stofn.

Used in a sentence

  • Paul Muniment had taken hold of Hyacinth, and said, 'I'll trouble you to stay, you little desperado. I'll be blowed if I ever expected to see you on the stump!'
  • to stir one's stumps
  • This last question has me stumped.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Tree base left behind5 letters
02Puzzle completely5 letters

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