stuffing

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ʌfɪŋ

Verb

stuffing

1. present participle of stuff

Noun

stuffing (countable and uncountable, plural stuffings)

1. The matter used to stuff hollow objects such as pillows and saddles.
2. Any of many food items used to stuff another.

   stuffing for a Christmas turkey

3. A mixture of oil and tallow used in softening and dressing leather.
4. (Internet) The insertion of many copies of a word into a web page in an attempt to increase its search engine ranking.
5. (US, finance, law) A tax loophole whereby a corporation acquires property that will result in a loss of revenue, purely in order to reduce its tax liability.

Coordinate terms

• (matter used to stuff hollow objects): filling, oakum, packaging, packing, padding
• (internet): SEO

Derived terms

• antistuffing
• knock the stuffing out

Translations

matter used to stuff hollow objects

• French: rembourrage (fr) m
• German: Füllmaterial n, Füllung (de) f
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• Latin: tōmentum n
• Maori: whakapuru, whakakikī

food items used to stuff another

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 釀料／酿料, 酿料 (joeng⁶ liu^6-2)

  Dungan: щүанзы (xüanzɨ)

  Mandarin: 餡料／馅料, 馅料 (xiànliào), 餡兒／馅儿 (zh) (xiànr), 馅儿 (zh) (xiànr), 餡子／馅子 (xiànzi), 馅子 (xiànzi)

• Esperanto: farĉo
• French: farce (fr) f
• German: Füllung (de) f
• Greek: γέμιση (el) f (gémisi)
• Hungarian: töltelék (hu)
• Italian: imbottitura (it)
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• Japanese: ファルス (farusu), ファルシ (farushi)
• Latin: fartum n
• Macedonian: фил m (fil)
• Mongolian: шанз (mn) (šanz)
• Navajo: tązhii biiʼ náshgǫzhígíí (turkey stuffing)
• Polish: farsz (pl) m
• Russian: начи́нка (ru) f (načínka), фарш (ru) m (farš) (minced meat)
• Sardinian:

  Logudorese: imbuttidura

• Spanish: relleno (es) m

insertion of many copies of a word into a web page

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