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noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
coal is a hard black material
Types & categories
- substance
- ballast
- bedding material
- rind
- precursor
- corpuscle
- ammunition
- floccule
- HAZMAT
- aggregate
- raw material
- sorbate
- sorbent
- diamagnet
- mineral
- rock
- adhesive material
- sealing material
- animal material
- fluff
- bimetal
- abradant
- chemical
- composite material
- conductor
- insulator
- contaminant
- particulate
- dust
- elastomer
- earth
- emission
- detritus
- waste
- fiber
- filling
- foam
- homogenate
- humate
- impregnation
- paper
- packing
- colour
- plant material
- radioactive material
- thickening
- toner
- transparent substance
- undercut
- builder
- vernix
- wad
Sense 2 verb
cram into a cavity
The child stuffed candy into his pockets
Types & categories
Sense 3 noun
miscellaneous unspecified objects
the trunk was full of stuff
Types & categories
Sense 4 verb
press or force
Stuff money into an envelope
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Sense 5 noun
informal terms for personal possessions
did you take all your clobber?
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Sense 6 verb
obstruct
My nose is all stuffed
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Sense 7 noun
senseless talk
don't give me that stuff
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Sense 8 verb
overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
She stuffed herself at the dinner
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Sense 9 noun
unspecified qualities required to do or be something
the stuff of heros
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Sense 10 verb
treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
stuff a bearskin
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Sense 11 noun
information in some unspecified form
it was stuff I had heard before
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Sense 12 verb
fill tightly with a material
stuff a pillow with feathers
Types & categories
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Sense 13 noun
a critically important or characteristic component
suspense is the very stuff of narrative
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Sense 14 verb
fill with a stuffing while cooking
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | substance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballast |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bedding material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rind |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | precursor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | corpuscle |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ammunition |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | floccule |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | HAZMAT |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | aggregate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | raw material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorbate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sorbent |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | diamagnet |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mineral |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | rock |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | adhesive material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sealing material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | animal material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fluff |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bimetal |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | abradant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chemical |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | composite material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | conductor |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | insulator |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | contaminant |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | particulate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dust |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | elastomer |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | earth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | emission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | detritus |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | waste |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | fiber |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | filling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | foam |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | homogenate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | impregnation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | paper |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | packing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | colour |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | plant material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | radioactive material |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | thickening |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | toner |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | transparent substance |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | undercut |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | builder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | vernix |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | wad |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | cram |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cram |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overstuff |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pad |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | object |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | gizmo |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | etcetera |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | sundries |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shove |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | thrust |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | push |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | personal property |
| 6 | antonym | Related & opposite | loosen up |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | blockage |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | clog |
| 7 | domain usage | Related & opposite | jargon |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonsense |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | binge |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | overeating |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | engorgement |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | overindulgence |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | glutton |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | scoffer |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | eat |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | quality |
| 10 | entails | Related & opposite | tan |
| 10 | hypernym | Types & categories | impregnate |
| 11 | hypernym | Types & categories | information |
| 12 | derivation | Related & opposite | stuffer |
| 12 | verb group | Related & opposite | farce |
| 12 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |
| 12 | hyponym | Types & categories | cork |
| 13 | hypernym | Types & categories | essence |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | stuffing |
| 14 | derivation | Related & opposite | forcemeat |
| 14 | domain topic | Related & opposite | cooking |
| 14 | verb group | Related & opposite | stuff |
| 14 | hypernym | Types & categories | fill |