stubble

n.

1. The short, stiff stalks of grain or hay remaining on a field after harvesting.
2. Something resembling this material, especially the short growth of hair that eventually protrudes from the skin after shaving.

[Middle English stuble, from Old French estuble, from Latin stupula, stupla, variant of stipula, straw.]

stubbled stub'bled adj.
stubbly stub'bly adj.

adj

Definition: bristly
Antonyms: clean-shaven, smooth

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: material consisting of seed coverings and small pieces of stem or leaves that have been separated from the seeds
  Synonyms: chaff, husk, shuck, stalk, straw

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - skægstubbe, kornstubbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
stoppelbaard, stoppels

Français (French)
n. - chaume, barbe de plusieurs jours

Deutsch (German)
n. - Stoppeln

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποκαλαμίδια, αποθερίδια, κοντά και σκληρά γένια

Italiano (Italian)
barba di qualche giorno, capelli a spazzola

Português (Portuguese)
n. - restolho (m)

Русский (Russian)
стерня, коротко остриженные волосы, щетина

Español (Spanish)
n. - rastrojo, barba incipiente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - stubb

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
断株, 剪成短短的头发, 茬

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 斷株, 剪成短短的頭髮, 茬

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 그루터기, 그루터기 모양의 것, 짧게 난 수염

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 刈り株, 刈り株のようなもの, 不精ひげ, 無精ひげ

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شعر على الوجه, قش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮שלף, זיפי-זקן, שלפי-זקן‬

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