stuffed

CEFRB1

/stʌft/

adjective · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Filled completely with something.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Filled with a filling and seasoning.

Examples

  • The drawer is stuffed full of odds and ends.

  • The mayor is a stuffed shirt.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings
  1. Full or packed (with some material or substance).

  2. Full after eating.

verb

Extra meaning
  1. simple past and past participle of stuff

More examples

In context
  • Customs officers look closely through a stuffed suitcase.

  • We're having stuffed turkey for dinner.

  • Near-synonym: stuffed to the gills

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

After eating too much, the child felt completely blank and could not move.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

adjective

From stuff + -ed.