TREE STUMP

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tree stump mean? 

• TREE STUMP (noun)
  The noun TREE STUMP has 1 sense:

1. the base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

  Familiarity information: TREE STUMP used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TREE STUMP (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The base part of a tree that remains standing after the tree has been felled

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

stump; tree stump

Hypernyms ("tree stump" is a kind of...):

plant part; plant structure (any part of a plant or fungus)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "tree stump"):

stool ((forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings)

Holonyms ("tree stump" is a part of...):

tree (a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms)