Stub - Definition, Meaning Synonyms | Vocabulary. com The small remainder of something is a stub If you sharpen your favorite pencil obsessively, soon you'll be left with just a stub Anything that's leftover or unusually short can be a stub, from the ticket stub you're handed in the theater to your dog's little stub of a tail
Stub - definition of stub by The Free Dictionary 1 a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc: a cigar stub 3 (Banking Finance) US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction Also called (in Britain) counterfoil 5 (Forestry) the stump of a tree or plant 6