stub

"After the artist sharpened the pencil too much, only a small stub was left. "

"check stub, ticket stub, payment stub"

"Before the programmer finished the full login process, she created a simple stub that always returned "success" so the rest of the team could continue developing other parts of the website. "

"The software's database access stub converts incoming application requests into database-understandable queries. "

"The "History of the Roman Empire" page is just a stub; it needs more information about the emperors and their reigns. "

"The dog's stub was a small, slightly pink piece of flesh after the tail was docked. "

"The financial swap contract had a stub period of three days, affecting the final interest calculation. "

"The tired lumberjack sat down on a stub to rest his legs. "

"My brother is such a stub; he just doesn't seem to understand the instructions. "

"The artist used a stub to create thick, bold lines in the drawing. "

"The blacksmith carefully hammered the old stub into the horseshoe. "

"The blacksmith used a heavy stub iron to shape the horseshoe. "

"I threw the stub of my cigarette into the ashtray. "

"The farmer decided to stub the old apple tree because it was no longer producing fruit. "

"The gardener stubbed the weeds from the flower bed. "

"I stubbed my toe trying to find the light switch in the dark."