Definition: the small unused part of something (especially the end of a cigarette that is left after smoking)
Definition: something less than the whole of a human artifact
Usage: the rear part of the house; glue the two parts together
Synonyms: check stub, counterfoil, stub
Definition: the part of a check that is retained as a record
Similar words: record
Definition: anything (such as a document or a phonograph record or a photograph) providing permanent evidence of or information about past events
Usage: the film provided a valuable record of stage techniques
Synonyms: ticket stub, stub
Definition: a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt
Similar words: receipt
Definition: an acknowledgment (usually tangible) that payment has been made
Definition: a small piece
Usage: a nub of coal; a stub of a pencil
Definition: a portion of a natural object
Usage: they analyzed the river into three parts; he needed a piece of granite
Synonyms: stub
Definition: a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost
Similar words: plant part, plant structure
Definition: any part of a plant or fungus
Synonyms: stub
Definition: strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object
Usage: She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken
Similar words: hit, impinge on, collide with, strike, run into
Definition: hit against; come into sudden contact with
Usage: The car hit a tree; He struck the table with his elbow
Synonyms: stub
Definition: clear of weeds by uprooting them
Usage: stub a field
Synonyms: stub
Definition: extinguish by crushing
Usage: stub out your cigarette now
Similar words: quench, extinguish, blow out, snuff out
Definition: put out, as of fires, flames, or lights
Usage: Too big to be extinguished at once, the forest fires at best could be contained; quench the flames; snuff out the candles
Synonyms: stub
Definition: pull up (weeds) by their roots
Similar words: root out, uproot, deracinate, extirpate
Definition: pull up by or as if by the roots
Usage: uproot the vine that has spread all over the garden