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What is the noun for stub?

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stub
  1. Something blunted, stunted, or cut short, such as stubble or a stump.
  2. A piece of certain paper items, designed to be torn off and kept for record or identification purposes.
  3. (computing) A placeholder procedure that has the signature of the planned procedure but does not yet implement the intended behavior. (, , ).
  4. (computing) A procedure that translates requests from external systems into a format suitable for processing and then submits those requests for processing. (, , )
  5. (wiki) A page providing only minimal information and intended for later development.
  6. The remaining part of the docked tail of a dog
  7. An unequal first or last interest calculation period, as a part of a financial swap contract
  8. (obsolete) A log; a block; a blockhead.
  9. A pen with a short, blunt nib.
  10. A stub nail; an old horseshoe nail; also, stub iron.
  11. Synonyms:
  12. Examples:
    1. “Lightly sand each pencil stub to create random worn surfaces.”
      “The date, number, and amount of each order purchased through a rural carrier shall be entered by the issuing official on the stub of the receipt.”
      “As he bent forward to throw the cigarette stub into the fireplace, Steve saw that Dubois had retained the wiry muscles of a man much younger than his mid-forties.”
stubbie
  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A small beer bottle with a distinctive squat shape; a stubby.
stubbedness
  1. (rare) The quality or state of being stubbed, or short and truncated.
  2. Synonyms:
stubby
  1. (Australia, New Zealand, Canada, US) A small, squat beer bottle.
  2. Synonyms:
stubbiness
  1. The state or condition of being stubby.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The long-shank variation offsets the more traditional stubbiness of most pot shapes.”
      “Leg length is in proportion to the rest of the body, avoiding both stubbiness or legginess.”
      “Ward, flying by his side, looked like a graceful raven in the wind had it not been for the stubbiness of his wings.”
stubber
  1. (rare) One who, or that which, stubs.
  2. Examples:
    1. “It might perhaps be possible to do something with Mr. Hart and Captain stubber.”
      “If you buy a second heavy weapon during the campaign, a heavy stubber at 120 credits is usually the best choice, or a Heavy Bolter if other gangs are getting tough.”
      “Captain stubber probably understood this, for he repeated his words.”
stubbing
  1. The act by which something is stubbed.
stubbies
  1. plural of stubbie
  2. plural of stubby
  3. (Australia, trademark erosion) A pair of elasticised shorts.
  4. Synonyms:
stubbings
  1. plural of stubbing
stubbers
  1. plural of stubber
stubs
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