Plural of stubble
regular plural
The plural of stubble is stubbles.
Forms of stubble
| Singular | stubble /ˈstʌb.əl/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | stubbles |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Stubbles in a sentence
- A further difference is that in Britain farmers would endeavour to plough, or at least to broadshare, their wheat stubbles immediately after harvest, so as to do some clearing.1929, “A Great Sheep Country”, in Australia To-day, volume 24, page 61. From the entry broadshare
Meaning of stubble
- noun Short, coarse hair, especially on a man’s face.
- noun The short stalks left in a field after crops have been harvested.
- verb To produce a crop in a field of stubble that remains after a preceding crop is removed, either by sowing a second crop or by allowing shoots to sprout from the roots of the stubble.
Questions about the plural of stubble
- What is the plural of stubble?
- The plural of stubble is stubbles.
- Is stubble countable?
- Stubble is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: stubble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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