Word Type

Verb

Noun

Proper Noun

The word "stump" can be used as verb, noun and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Derived Terms

beyond the black stump black stump bleeding stump call it stumps chopping stump dumb as a stump fourth stump gump stump gump-stump leg stump middle stump off stump on the stump pull up stumps rump and stump stir one's stumps stump and rump stump cam stump camera stump cutter stump detective stump dump stump grinder stump it stump orator stump out stump powder stump speech stump stabber stump tracery stump-tailed macaque stump-water stumps stumpy take the stump this side of the black stump tree stump up a stump up the stump

Etymologically Related To

stop

Context

cricket drawing humorous politics slang us

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

amaze baffle beat bewilder body part campaign clear dumbfound flummox get gravel mystify nonplus perplex plant part plant structure platform pose post puzzle run stick stupefy vex walk

Type Of (IsA)

body part plant part post result of tree stub

Manner Of

campaign clear perplex

Part Of

limb tooth tree wicket

Related Terms

stump up stumped

Related Terms

answer baffle bail batsman bolt bottom campaign charcoal chopped chopped forest chopped tree concrete confuse conté crayon cut cut down cut tree down electioneer forest gate ground harangue husting key left left over leftover leg limb lock log obstruction out over pencil pin plod pole post problem puzzle question remainder remains short speech stop stump up stumped tree tree bottom tree leftover tree remainder tree remains trees trudge tumbler what what remains wicket wood wooden

Synonym Network

butt dais stomp

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.