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turkey stuffing

turkey stuffing

1 2.3
A seasoned mix of bread and herbs used to fill a roast turkey or serve with it
  • noun
  • /ˈtɜrki ˈstʌfɪŋ/
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  • Offering attractive prices for turkey can help retailers such as Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and Supervalu Inc. lure customers into their stores for other Thanksgiving staples such as turkey stuffing, cranberries, and sweet potatoes, industry sources said.

Examples

  • "Tilly, what made you put wormwood and catnip in the turkey stuffing?" demanded Ma.

    Fiction book (1995)

  • Then, some stores started to open on Thursday, allowing shoppers to pick up that last-minute turkey stuffing.

    Blog text (32)

  • Do you want to sail through the holidays without gaining a pound while still enjoying Halloween candy, Thanksgiving turkey stuffing, Christmas cookies, New Year's eggnog, and Buffalo wings at your Super Bowl party?

    Blog text (12)

  • We are the women of small histories, diaries, journals, letters to our sisters, whose mothers recited earlier accounts while mixing turkey stuffing or brownies in any coffee-flavored kitchen.

    Fiction book (1996)

  • For Thanksgiving dinner, we always prepare a large bowl of turkey stuffing to serve alongside the roast.

  • She followed her grandmother's recipe to make the perfect turkey stuffing with fresh herbs and spices.

  • At the holiday feast, everyone raved about the delicious turkey stuffing that complemented the moist turkey.

Synonyms

oyster stuffing
vsturkey stuffing
2 4.5

A bread mix with oysters and herbs served beside or put inside roast turkey

is similar but is for a roasted bird without shellfish
stuffing
vsturkey stuffing
1 1.4

A mixture of breadcrumbs, herbs, and vegetables placed inside meat or vegetables before cooking

is used specifically with a roasted bird rather than various foods
dressing
vsturkey stuffing
  • US
1 2.0

A seasoned mixture of bread and herbs used to fill meat or poultry before cooking

is the version tailored to a single roasted bird rather than general use

Surface Forms

turkey stuffing singular
turkey stuffings plural

Morphology

turkey + stuffing

The meaning of 'turkey stuffing' is directly compositional: 'stuffing' (a mixture placed inside poultry) applied to 'turkey' yields a seasoned mixture used to fill or accompany roast turkey. This noun+noun culinary collocation follows regular compounding patterns and is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words will readily infer the meaning.

Etymology

Turkey stuffing comes from cooks who would put a stuffing mixture inside a turkey before roasting. That's why Turkey stuffing now means the bread, herbs and broth mixture used to 'fill' the bird or to serve beside it.