Meaning of ठूंठ in English
- The trunk or stem of a tree, or that which is like it.
- An aperture, with a wooden shutter, in the wall of a house, for giving, occasionally, air or light; also, a small closet.
- A measure. See Boll, n., 2.
- Any one of several varieties of friable earthy clay, usually colored more or less strongly red by oxide of iron, and used to color and adulterate various substances. It was formerly used in medicine. It is composed essentially of hydrous silicates of alumina, or more rarely of magnesia. See Clay, and Terra alba.
- A bolus; a dose.
- 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.
Meaning of ठूंठ in English
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