stuff

/stʌf/

nounverbstuff

To remember the spelling, think: you need to pack it in—so you use TWO f’s to make it extra full: stu + ff.

Yes, it's stuff. The tricky part is the ending: it has a double consonant—write **ff** in **stuff**.

Definitions

  1. nounthings or objects, especially when you do not name them one by one
  2. nounmaterial used to fill or pad something (like a pillow or toy)
  3. verbto fill something tightly or completely; to pack
  4. verbto push something into a space quickly or carelessly

Examples

  • “Please put your stuff in your backpack before we leave.”
  • “She used soft cotton stuff to fill the pillow.”
  • “He stuffed the papers into his desk drawer and ran to class.”

Synonyms

thingsitemsbelongingsobjectsmaterials

Antonyms

nothing

Translations

ES cosas; rellenarPT coisas; encherFR trucs; remplir

Common misspellings

stufstuphstiffstuf fstufFstoughstufFfsttuff

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