| VERB | contact | stub | pull up (weeds) by their roots |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | stub | extinguish by crushing | |
| change | stub | clear of weeds by uprooting them | |
| body | stub | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object | |
| NOUN | object | stub | a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost |
| object | stub, nub | a small piece | |
| communication | stub, ticket stub | a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt | |
| communication | stub, check stub, counterfoil | the part of a check that is retained as a record | |
| artifact | stub, butt | the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking) |
| Sounds | stah'b | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | Arab ... washtub: 23 rhymes with ahb... | |
| Meaning | A short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | plant part, plant structure | Any part of a plant or fungus |
| Spanish | tocón | |
| Meaning | A small piece. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a stub of a pencil" | |
| Synonym | nub | |
| Narrower | nubbin | A small nub (especially an undeveloped fruit or ear of corn) |
| Broader | part, piece | A portion of a natural object |
| Meaning | A torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | ticket stub | |
| Narrower | rain check | A ticket stub entitling the holder to admission to a future event if the scheduled event was cancelled due to rain |
| Broader | receipt | An acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made |
| Spanish | recibo desprendible, recibo | |
| Meaning | The part of a check that is retained as a record. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | check stub, counterfoil | |
| Broader | record | Anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events |
| Spanish | matriz | |
| Catalan | matriu | |
| Meaning | The small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking). | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | butt | |
| Narrower | cigar butt | small part of a cigar that is left after smoking / smoking |
| cigarette butt | small part of a cigarette that is left after smoking | |
| roach | The butt of a marijuana cigarette | |
| Broader | part, portion | Something less than the whole of a human artifact |
| Spanish | bacha, calilla, chenca, chicote, chinga, chiva, colilla, pava, pucho, punta | |
| Catalan | burilla, punta | |
| Meaning | Pull up (weeds) by their roots. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | uproot, extirpate, deracinate, root out | pull up by or as if by the roots |
| Meaning | Extinguish by crushing. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stub out your cigarette now" | |
| Broader | snuff out, blow out, extinguish, quench | Put out, as of fires, flames, or lights |
| Meaning | Clear of weeds by uprooting them. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "stub a field" | |
| Broader | weed | Clear of weeds |
| Meaning | strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken" | |
| Broader | hit, strike, impinge on, run into, collide with | hit against |
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