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| n. (substance) | 1. material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ substance | the real physical matter of which a person or thing consists.; "DNA is the substance of our genes" |
| ~ ballast | any heavy material used to stabilize a ship or airship. |
| ~ bedding material, bedding, litter | material used to provide a bed for animals. |
| ~ rind | the natural outer covering of food (usually removed before eating). |
| ~ precursor | a substance from which another substance is formed (especially by a metabolic reaction). |
| ~ corpuscle, mote, particle, atom, molecule, speck | (nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything. |
| ~ ammunition | any nuclear or chemical or biological material that can be used as a weapon of mass destruction. |
| ~ floc, floccule | a small loosely aggregated mass of flocculent material suspended in or precipitated from a liquid. |
| ~ hazmat | an abbreviation for `hazardous material' used on warning signs.; "NO HAZMATS IN TUNNEL" |
| ~ aggregate | material such as sand or gravel used with cement and water to make concrete, mortar, or plaster. |
| ~ raw material, staple | material suitable for manufacture or use or finishing. |
| ~ sorbate | a material that has been or is capable of being taken up by another substance by either absorption or adsorption. |
| ~ sorbent, sorbent material | a material that sorbs another substance; i.e. that has the capacity or tendency to take it up by either absorption or adsorption. |
| ~ diamagnet | a substance that exhibits diamagnetism. |
| ~ mineral | solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. |
| ~ rock, stone | material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth's crust.; "that mountain is solid rock"; "stone is abundant in New England and there are many quarries" |
| ~ adhesive, adhesive agent, adhesive material | a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together. |
| ~ sealing material | any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface. |
| ~ animal material | material derived from animals. |
| ~ fluff | any light downy material. |
| ~ bimetal | material made by bonding together sheets of two different metals. |
| ~ abradant, abrasive, abrasive material | a substance that abrades or wears down. |
| ~ chemical, chemical substance | material produced by or used in a reaction involving changes in atoms or molecules. |
| ~ composite material | strong lightweight material developed in the laboratory; fibers of more than one kind are bonded together chemically. |
| ~ conductor | a substance that readily conducts e.g. electricity and heat. |
| ~ dielectric, insulator, nonconductor | a material such as glass or porcelain with negligible electrical or thermal conductivity. |
| ~ contaminant, contamination | a substance that contaminates. |
| ~ particulate, particulate matter | a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant). |
| ~ dust | free microscopic particles of solid material.; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust" |
| ~ elastomer | any of various elastic materials that resemble rubber (resumes its original shape when a deforming force is removed). |
| ~ earth, ground | the loose soft material that makes up a large part of the land surface.; "they dug into the earth outside the church" |
| ~ emission, discharge | a substance that is emitted or released. |
| ~ detritus | loose material (stone fragments and silt etc) that is worn away from rocks. |
| ~ waste, waste material, waste matter, waste product | any materials unused and rejected as worthless or unwanted.; "they collect the waste once a week"; "much of the waste material is carried off in the sewers" |
| ~ fiber, fibre | a slender and greatly elongated substance capable of being spun into yarn. |
| ~ filling, fill | any material that fills a space or container.; "there was not enough fill for the trench" |
| ~ foam | a lightweight material in cellular form; made by introducing gas bubbles during manufacture. |
| ~ homogenate | material that has been homogenized (especially tissue that has been ground and mixed).; "liver homogenate" |
| ~ humate | material that is high in humic acids. |
| ~ impregnation | material with which something is impregnated.; "the impregnation, whatever it was, had turned the rock blue" |
| ~ paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. |
| ~ packing, packing material, wadding | any material used especially to protect something. |
| ~ coloring material, colour, colouring material, color | any material used for its color.; "she used a different color for the trim" |
| ~ plant material, plant substance | material derived from plants. |
| ~ radioactive material | material that is radioactive. |
| ~ thickener, thickening | any material used to thicken.; "starch is used in cooking as a thickening" |
| ~ toner | a black or colored powder used in a printer to develop a xerographic image. |
| ~ translucent substance, transparent substance | a material having the property of admitting light diffusely; a partly transparent material. |
| ~ undercut | the material removed by a cut made underneath. |
| ~ builder, detergent builder | a substance added to soaps or detergents to increase their cleansing action. |
| ~ vernix, vernix caseosa | a white cheeselike protective material that covers the skin of a fetus. |
| ~ wad | a small mass of soft material.; "he used a wad of cotton to wipe the counter" |
| n. (artifact) | 2. stuff | miscellaneous unspecified objects.; "the trunk was full of stuff" |
| ~ object, physical object | a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow.; "it was full of rackets, balls and other objects" |
| ~ doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gismo, gizmo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingamajig, thingmabob, thingmajig, thingumabob, thingumajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget, gimmick | something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" |
| ~ etcetera | additional unspecified odds and ends; more of the same.; "his report was full of etceteras" |
| ~ sundries | miscellaneous objects too numerous or too small to be specified. |
| n. (possession) | 3. clobber, stuff | informal terms for personal possessions.; "did you take all your clobber?" |
| ~ personal estate, personal property, personalty, private property | movable property (as distinguished from real estate). |
| n. (communication) | 4. hooey, poppycock, stuff, stuff and nonsense | senseless talk.; "don't give me that stuff" |
| ~ hokum, meaninglessness, nonsense, nonsensicality, bunk | a message that seems to convey no meaning. |
| ~ argot, jargon, lingo, patois, vernacular, slang, cant | a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves).; "they don't speak our lingo" |
| n. (attribute) | 5. stuff | unspecified qualities required to do or be something.; "the stuff of heros"; "you don't have the stuff to be a United States Marine" |
| ~ quality | an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone.; "the quality of mercy is not strained" |
| n. (communication) | 6. stuff | information in some unspecified form.; "it was stuff I had heard before"; "there's good stuff in that book" |
| ~ info, information | a message received and understood. |
| n. (cognition) | 7. stuff | a critically important or characteristic component.; "suspense is the very stuff of narrative" |
| ~ essence, heart and soul, inwardness, nitty-gritty, gist, pith, substance, kernel, meat, nub, core, sum, center, heart, marrow, centre | the choicest or most essential or most vital part of some idea or experience.; "the gist of the prosecutor's argument"; "the heart and soul of the Republican Party"; "the nub of the story" |
| v. (contact) | 8. stuff | cram into a cavity.; "The child stuffed candy into his pockets" |
| ~ chock up, cram, jampack, wad, ram, jam | crowd or pack to capacity.; "the theater was jampacked" |
| ~ overstuff | stuff too much.; "The pillow was overstuffed" |
| ~ pad, fill out | line or stuff with soft material.; "pad a bra" |
| ~ cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled.; "cram books into the suitcase" |
| v. (motion) | 9. shove, squeeze, stuff, thrust | press or force.; "Stuff money into an envelope"; "She thrust the letter into his hand" |
| ~ push, force | move with force,.; "He pushed the table into a corner" |
| v. (contact) | 10. block, choke up, lug, stuff | obstruct.; "My nose is all stuffed"; "Her arteries are blocked" |
| ~ clog, clog up, congest, choke off, foul, back up, choke | become or cause to become obstructed.; "The leaves clog our drains in the Fall"; "The water pipe is backed up" |
| v. (consumption) | 11. binge, englut, engorge, glut, gorge, gormandise, gormandize, gourmandize, ingurgitate, overeat, overgorge, overindulge, pig out, satiate, scarf out, stuff | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself.; "She stuffed herself at the dinner"; "The kids binged on ice cream" |
| ~ eat | eat a meal; take a meal.; "We did not eat until 10 P.M. because there were so many phone calls"; "I didn't eat yet, so I gladly accept your invitation" |
| v. (change) | 12. stuff | treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting.; "stuff a bearskin" |
| ~ impregnate, saturate | infuse or fill completely.; "Impregnate the cloth with alcohol" |
| ~ tan | treat skins and hides with tannic acid so as to convert them into leather. |
| v. (change) | 13. stuff | fill tightly with a material.; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
| ~ farce, stuff | fill with a stuffing while cooking.; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" |
| ~ cork | stuff with cork.; "The baseball player stuffed his bat with cork to make it lighter" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
| v. (change) | 14. farce, stuff | fill with a stuffing while cooking.; "Have you stuffed the turkey yet?" |
| ~ cookery, cooking, preparation | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat.; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" |
| ~ stuff | fill tightly with a material.; "stuff a pillow with feathers" |
| ~ fill, fill up, make full | make full, also in a metaphorical sense.; "fill a container"; "fill the child with pride" |
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