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stuff·ing
(stŭf′ĭng)n.
1. Padding put in cushions and upholstered furniture.
2. Food put into the cavity of a piece of meat or a vegetable that has been hollowed out.
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stuffing
(ˈstʌfɪŋ)n
1. (Textiles) the material with which something is stuffed
2. (Cookery) a mixture of chopped and seasoned ingredients with which poultry, meat, etc, is stuffed before cooking
3. knock the stuffing out of someone to upset or dishearten someone completely
Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014
stuff•ing
(ˈstʌf ɪŋ)n.
1. the act of a person or thing that stuffs.
2. a material or substance used to stuff something.
3. seasoned bread crumbs or other filling used to stuff poultry, vegetables, etc., before cooking.
[1520–30]
Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
stuffing
- forcemeat, farce - A highly seasoned mixture containing chopped meat, forcemeat is an alteration of farcemeat, "stuffing," and has a synonym—farce.
- duxelles - A stuffing made from mushrooms, onions, shallots, and parsley, named after the Marquis d'Uxelles, a 17th-century French nobleman.
- excelsior - The curled shavings of soft wood used for packing and stuffing.
- taxidermy - The stuffing of dead animals.
Farlex Trivia Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
stuffing
Packing of cargo into a container. See also unstuffing.
Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms. US Department of Defense 2005.
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| Noun | 1. |  stuffing - a mixture of seasoned ingredients used to stuff meats and vegetablesturkey stuffing - stuffing for turkey oyster dressing, oyster stuffing - stuffing made with oysters forcemeat, farce - mixture of ground raw chicken and mushrooms with pistachios and truffles and onions and parsley and lots of butter and bound with eggs concoction, intermixture, mixture - any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" |
| 2. | stuffing - padding put in mattresses and cushions and upholstered furniture cushioning, padding - artifact consisting of soft or resilient material used to fill or give shape or protect or add comfort |
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stuffing
noun
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Translations
حَشْوَة التَّحْنيطحَشْوَة الطَّعام
nádivkavycpávka
farsfyldpolstring
töltelék
fyllingfylling, stopp, tróî
dolgu maddesidolma içikıtık
stuffing
[ˈstʌfɪŋ] N [of furniture, stuffed animal] → relleno m, borra f (Culin) → relleno mhe's got no stuffing → no tiene carácter, no tiene agallas
to knock the stuffing out of sb → dejar a algn para el arrastre
he had the stuffing knocked out of him by the blow → el golpe lo dejó sin fuerzas ni ánimo
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
stuffing
[ˈstʌfɪŋ] n (in sofa, chair, cushion, mattress) → rembourrage m
(COOKERY) (to eat) → farce f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
stuffing
n (of pillow, quilt, Cook) → Füllung f; (of furniture) → Polstermaterial nt; (in taxidermy, toys) → Füllmaterial nt, → Stopfmaterial nt; to knock the stuffing out of somebody (inf) → jdn fertigmachen (inf), → jdn schaffen (inf)
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
stuffing
[ˈstʌfɪŋ] n (in cushion) → imbottitura (Culin) → farcia, ripienoto knock the stuffing out of sb (subj, boxer, blow) → mettere al tappeto
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
stuff2
(staf) verb1. to pack or fill tightly, often hurriedly or untidily. His drawer was stuffed with papers; She stuffed the fridge with food; The children have been stuffing themselves with ice-cream.
2. to fill (eg a turkey, chicken etc) with stuffing before cooking.
3. to fill the skin of (a dead animal or bird) to preserve the appearance it had when alive. They stuffed the golden eagle.
ˈstuffing noun1. material used for stuffing eg toy animals. The teddy-bear had lost its stuffing.
2. a mixture containing eg breadcrumbs, spices, sausage-meat etc, used for stuffing chickens etc.
stuff up to block. He stuffed the hole up with some newspaper; I've got a cold and my nose is stuffed up.
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