stub

Hit your toe

A stub is a short remaining piece left after the main part has been used or removed—the stub of a pencil, a ticket stub, a check stub.

These remnants often serve as records or receipts.

In computing, a stub is placeholder code that stands in for functionality not yet implemented.

To stub your toe is to strike it painfully against something, and to stub out a cigarette is to extinguish it by pressing the burning end against a surface.

remainder

remnant

What stays after most goes

fragmentIncomplete portion of whole
leftoverFood saved after meals
residueMatter left behind

scrap · stump · butt · counterfoil · tail · end · receipt · voucher · trace · vestige

short

truncated

Cut off abruptly

abbreviatedMade shorter, typically words
shortenedMade more concise
clippedCut or trimmed briefly

curtailed · cropped · docked · snubbed · compact · squat · blunt · stumpy · brief · cut-off

extinguish

crush

Compress with force

snuffPowdered tobacco for sniffing
pressApply force downward
grindCrush into particles

squash · tamp · smother · put out · cigarette · ashtray · butt · mash

placeholder

dummy

Lifelike substitute figure

mockScornful imitation or fake
skeletonInternal supportive framework
templatePreset pattern for reproduction

prototype · stand-in · filler · draft · outline · scaffold · wireframe · boilerplate · shell · framework

toe

jam

Cooked fruit spread

bumpSlight collision or protrusion
hitSuccessful contact or strike
bangSudden loud noise

strike · knock · injure · bruise · painful · barefoot · furniture · impact · collision · ouch

stub

remnant

truncated

crush

dummy

jam

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