Dictionary entry details
• STUFF (noun)
Meaning:
The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
Classified under:
Nouns denoting substances
Synonyms:
stuff; material
Context examples:
coal is a hard black material / wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
matter; substance (that which has mass and occupies space)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stuff"):
humate (material that is high in humic acids)
homogenate (material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed))
lube; lubricant; lubricating substance; lubricator (a substance capable of reducing friction by making surfaces smooth or slippery)
foam (a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture)
fill; filling (any material that fills a space or container)
fiber; fibre (a slender and greatly elongated solid substance)
waste; waste material; waste matter; waste product (any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted)
detritus (loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks)
discharge; emission (a substance that is emitted or released)
earth; ground (the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface)
impregnation (material with which something is impregnated)
paper (a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses)
packing; packing material; wadding (any material used especially to protect something)
wad (a small mass of soft material)
vernix; vernix caseosa (a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus)
builder; detergent builder (a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action)
undercut (the material removed by a cut made underneath)
translucent substance; transparent substance (a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material)
toner (a substance used in a printer to develop a xerographic image)
thickener; thickening (any material used to thicken)
radioactive material (material that is radioactive)
plant material (material derived from plants)
color; coloring material; colour; colouring material (any material used for its color)
elastomer (any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed))
dust (free microscopic particles of solid material)
mineral (solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition)
diamagnet (a substance that exhibits diamagnetism)
sorbent; sorbent material (a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption)
sorbate (a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption)
raw material; staple (material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing)
HAZMAT (an abbreviation for 'hazardous material' used on warning signs)
floc; floccule (a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid)
ammunition (any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction)
atom; corpuscle; molecule; mote; particle; speck ((nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything)
rind (the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating))
rock; stone (material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust)
adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material (a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together)
sealing material (any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface)
particulate; particulate matter (a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant))
contaminant; contamination (a substance that contaminates)
dielectric; insulator; nonconductor (a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity)
conductor (a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat)
composite material (strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically)
chemical; chemical substance (produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules)
abradant; abrasive; abrasive material (a substance that abrades or wears down)
bimetal (material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals)
fluff (any light downy material)
animal material (material derived from animals)
Meaning:
Miscellaneous unspecified objects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
the trunk was full of stuff
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "stuff"):
doodad; doohickey; doojigger; gimmick; gismo; gizmo; gubbins; thingamabob; thingamajig; thingmabob; thingmajig; thingumabob; thingumajig; thingummy; whatchamacallit; whatchamacallum; whatsis; widget (something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known)
etcetera (additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same)
sundries (miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified)
Meaning:
Informal terms for personal possessions
Classified under:
Nouns denoting possession and transfer of possession
Synonyms:
clobber; stuff
Context example:
did you take all your clobber?
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
personal estate; personal property; personalty; private property (movable property (as distinguished from real estate))
Meaning:
Senseless talk
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
hooey; poppycock; stuff and nonsense; stuff
Context example:
don't give me that stuff
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
bunk; hokum; meaninglessness; nonsense; nonsensicality (a message that seems to convey no meaning)
Domain usage:
argot; cant; jargon; lingo; patois; slang; vernacular (a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves))
Meaning:
Unspecified qualities required to do or be something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects
Context examples:
the stuff of heros / you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
quality (an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone)
Meaning:
Information in some unspecified form
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Context examples:
it was stuff I had heard before / there's good stuff in that book
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
info; information (a message received and understood)
Meaning:
A critically important or characteristic component
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Context example:
suspense is the very stuff of narrative
Hypernyms ("stuff" is a kind of...):
center; core; essence; gist; heart; heart and soul; inwardness; kernel; marrow; meat; nitty-gritty; nub; pith; substance; sum (the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience)
• STUFF (verb)
Meaning:
Fill completely
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Context example:
The child stuffed his pockets with candy
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stuff"):
chock up; cram; jam; jampack; ram; wad (crowd or pack to capacity)
overstuff (stuff too much)
fill out; pad (line or stuff with soft material)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Sentence example:
They stuff the cart with boxes
Meaning:
Press or force
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
stuff; thrust; shove; squeeze
Context examples:
Stuff money into an envelope / She thrust the letter into his hand
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
force; push (move with force,)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody PP
Somebody ----s something PP
Sentence example:
They stuff the books into the box
Meaning:
Obstruct
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
choke up; lug; stuff; block
Context examples:
My nose is all stuffed / Her arteries are blocked
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
back up; choke; choke off; clog; clog up; congest; foul (become or cause to become obstructed)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Antonym:
unstuff (cause to become unblocked)
Meaning:
Overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
Classified under:
Verbs of eating and drinking
Synonyms:
ingurgitate; overeat; overgorge; overindulge; pig out; scarf out; gourmandize; gormandize; gormandise; gorge; glut; engorge; englut; binge; satiate; stuff
Context examples:
She stuffed herself at the dinner / The kids binged on icecream
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
eat (eat a meal; take a meal)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s PP
Meaning:
Treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context example:
stuff a bearskin
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
impregnate; saturate (infuse or fill completely)
"Stuff" entails doing...:
tan (treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Meaning:
Fill tightly with a material
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Context examples:
stuff a pillow with feathers / The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "stuff"):
cork (stuff with cork)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
Meaning:
Fill with a stuffing while cooking
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
farce; stuff
Context example:
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
Hypernyms (to "stuff" is one way to...):
fill; fill up; make full (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)
Domain category:
cookery; cooking; preparation (the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP
Somebody ----s something with something
