- Wall Street Journal Crossword
- September 20 2022
- Pencil that's about ready to be thrown away
Pencil that's about ready to be thrown away
We have found the following answers matching the query 'Pencil that's about ready to be thrown away' in our database: For more stats and recent usage scroll down and continue reading. Pencil that's about ready to be thrown away crossword clue was last seen on September 20 2022 in the popular Wall Street Journal Crossword.
| Rank | Answer | Clue | Publisher | | 99% | STUB | Pencil that's about ready to be thrown away | Wall Street Journal |
Definition
| • | The stump of a tree; that part of a tree or plant which remains fixed in the earth when the stem is cut down; -- applied especially to the stump of a small tree, or shrub. |
| • | A log; a block; a blockhead. |
| • | The short blunt part of anything after larger part has been broken off or used up; hence, anything short and thick; as, the stub of a pencil, candle, or cigar. |
| • | A part of a leaf in a check book, after a check is torn out, on which the number, amount, and destination of the check are usually recorded. |
| • | A pen with a short, blunt nib. |
| • | A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron. |
| • | To grub up by the roots; to extirpate; as, to stub up edible roots. |
| • | To remove stubs from; as, to stub land. |
| • | To strike as the toes, against a stub, stone, or other fixed object. |
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- Wall Street Journal: Sep 20, 2022
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