How many syllables in Stump
Word
Stump
How many syllables?
1 Syllable
How it's divided?
stump
Definition
- n. - The part of a tree or plant remaining in the earth after the
stem or trunk is cut off; the stub.
- n. - The part of a limb or other body remaining after a part is
amputated or destroyed; a fixed or rooted remnant; a stub; as, the
stump of a leg, a finger, a tooth, or a broom.
- n. - The legs; as, to stir one's stumps.
- n. - One of the three pointed rods stuck in the ground to form a
wicket and support the bails.
- n. - A short, thick roll of leather or paper, cut to a point, or
any similar implement, used to rub down the lines of a crayon or pencil
drawing, in shading it, or for shading drawings by producing tints and
gradations from crayon, etc., in powder.
- n. - A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to
throwing the bolt, except when the gates of the tumblers are properly
arranged, as by the key; a fence; also, a pin or projection in a lock
to form a guide for a movable piece.
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