stuffed
- adjective
- /stʌft/
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- It's like a four foot tall stuffed koala bear.
- stuffed squash
And then we have some that are filled, like, just stuffed with polyfill.
- And then we have some that are filled, like, just stuffed with polyfill.
- So the word problem says Priscilla sells stuffed animals at a local craft show.
- You've given her, like, gifts, like stuffed animals.
- So first, the story of how how I got to own this stuffed hedgehog.
- It's like a garlic bread stuffed with meat, like different kinds of meat.
- She had a gazillion little stuffed animals.
Examples
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It's a beach ball that has been stuffed with coffee.
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My stuffed animals still sat on the bed and told me things.
Fiction book (1992) -
I had a full walk in closet that was just stuffed full of clothes.
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It's like a garlic bread stuffed with meat, like different kinds of meat.
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So we owe bell pepper stuffed pumpkins.
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They're brown butter puffed rice treats stuffed with marshmallow and peanut butter.
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The chef prepared a delicious dish of bell peppers that were stuffed with rice and spices.
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Children love to hug their stuffed toys, especially the soft teddy bears.
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At the party, we served stuffed mushrooms filled with cream cheese and herbs.
Synonyms
70
2.5
Full of many people or things
16
6.6
Filled with many things, for example ideas or objects
12
1.3
Pressed tightly together in a small space
11
3.8
Furniture with very thick soft padding that feels full and comfortable
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7.6
Completely full with no space left
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3.0
Filled with soft material that makes something comfortable or protects it
Full of something that takes up most of it
Full so there is no room left
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
9.1
Having eaten so much that you feel uncomfortable and want to rest
Compounds
3
2.7
A mushroom cap filled with a tasty mix like cheese or meat usually cooked in an oven
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3.4
A dish of grape leaves filled with seasoned rice and sometimes meat, cooked until soft
A traditional Jewish dish of roasted bird intestines filled with matzo crumbs and fat
A hard-boiled egg cut in half with the yolk mixed with mayonnaise and spices and put back into the white
How Filled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stuffed comes from the simple word stuff, which means 'to fill something tightly with material'. Think of a stuffed toy or a chicken with stuffing inside, and you will see they are filled on purpose, so stuffed means 'filled' in cooking and decoration.