stumphole

Where stump was

A stumphole is the depression left in the ground after a tree stump has been removed or rotted away.

These holes can be hazards in fields and pastures: The tractor nearly tipped into an old stumphole.

In rural areas, stumpholes sometimes fill with water, creating small pools.

habitat

burrow

Animal's dug dwelling

shelter · nesting · critter · snake · rodent · hiding spot · ecosystem · hollow · cavity · microhabitat

bootlegging

moonshine

Illegally distilled spirits

hooch · revenuers · prohibition · whiskey · distillery · speakeasy · smuggling · bootlegger · contraband · shine

forestry

clearing

Treeless space in forest

  • decayGradual organic breakdown
  • rotOrganic breakdown process
  • uprootingExtracting from the earth

logging · deadfall · snag · rootball · undergrowth · woodland · land clearing · excavation · root system · decomposition

rural

farmland

Agricultural terrain

  • plowTool for turning soil
  • fieldArea of specialty
  • pastureGrazing ground for livestock

clearing · homestead · acreage · tillage · fallow · cropland · agriculture · fence post · property line · hazard

Opposites
ground surface condition

stumpholemound

Heaped earth formation

hillock · hummock · stump · tree · rise

land cultivation state

stumpholegarden bed

Bordered area for cultivation

flower bed · seedbed · tilled soil · lawn · orchard

presence vs. absence of tree

stumpholesapling

Juvenile woody plant

mature tree · seedling · tree trunk · grove

Family

stump, hole, stumps, stumped, stumping, stumpy, holes, holed, holing

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G