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What is the noun for stumps?

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stump
  1. The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
  2. (politics) The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
  3. (figuratively) A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
  4. (cricket) One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
  5. (drawing) An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
  6. A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
  7. (humorous) A leg.
  8. 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.
  9. A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
  10. Synonyms:
  11. Examples:
    1. “The mother incredulously regarded Sofya, who was searching about for a place into which to drop her cigarette stump, and finally threw it in a flowerpot.”
      “Stumbling over a jutting stump, Quartley almost fell, the medicine box slipping out of his hand.”
stumper
  1. One who stumps, or speaks, or orates, as a politician.
  2. (informal) A difficult puzzle or problem.
  3. (archaic, slang) A boastful person.
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  5. Examples:
    1. “Giles was the more effective spinner but he wasn't exactly aided by his stumper.”
      “Sometimes crime investigation is so difficult, like the real stumper for Fort Worth, Texas, detectives.”
      “Bombay and India stumper, Madhav Mantri, impressed by his enthusiasm, arranged to send him to school.”
stumpie
  1. A Manx cat with a short stump of a tail.
  2. The honey mushroom.
stumpery
  1. A garden feature similar to a rockery but made from parts of dead trees, especially stumps.
stumphole
  1. A hole in the ground left when a tree stump is removed.
stumps
  1. (cricket) close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires)
  2. Synonyms:
stumping
stumpiness
  1. The quality of being stumpy.
  2. Examples:
    1. “The stumpiness of some of the other plants leads me to believe that there is some serious soil issue in parts of the ground in that strip.”
      “They found one-a mutation of a single gene, which seems to be responsible for the majority of short-legged dogs' stumpiness.”
stumps
stumpholes
  1. plural of stumphole
stumpings
stumperies
  1. plural of stumpery
stumpies
  1. plural of stumpie
stumpers
  1. plural of stumper
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “He is not a shuffler and nudger of the ball like many stumpers, but a classical batsman.”
      “Now, remember to bounce any stumpers to me, and if you need to talk, you can shoot me a message or stop by.”
      “People like Henry Hook may be able to solve as fast as they write, barely tripping on a clue, but for the more pedestrian pencil chewers there are always stumpers.”
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