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stumps

Speech parts

1. stumps - Noun

2. stumps - Verb

Meaning

stumps

plural of stump
The wicket is made from three stumps and two bails.

stumps (uncountable)

(cricket) close of play (when the stumps are pulled out of the ground by the umpires)
England still have a chance of winning tomorrow if they can get India out before stumps today.

stumps

third-person singular simple present indicative of stump

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Examples

Acceptable planting spots are defined as microsites on the north and east sides of down logs, stumps, or slash, and lying in the shadow cast by such material. Source: Internet

After the trees were gone the stump grinders came in to get rid of the stumps. Source: Internet

After rattling Sammy-Jo Johnson’s stumps, Brunt dismissed the dangerous Heather Knight for a duck to put the Thunder in dire straits. Source: Internet

After opting to bat first, Mumbai had a bad start as skipper Rohit Sharma (6) was caught behind the stumps by Jonny Bairstow off Sandeep Sharma in the first over. Source: Internet

Ambrose took four wickets in the fourth Test, but West Indies lost the match, their first defeat in Barbados for 59 years, and Ambrose was fined £1,000 by the match referee for knocking down his stumps in frustration when he was the last man out. Source: Internet

Any ash nursery stock, green lumber, logs, stumps, roots or branches must not leave a quarantine area. Source: Internet

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