things, objects, or material when their exact names are not important or are unknown
Can you put all this stuff back in the box?
I don’t know what’s in his backpack, but it looks like a lot of heavy stuff.
✦ From Middle English ‘stoff’, borrowed from Old French ‘estoffe’ meaning material or provisions.
to fill something tightly until there is no more space
He stuffed his suitcase with clothes for the long trip.
Sara stuffed the turkey with bread and herbs before roasting it.
✦ Originally meaning ‘fit out, furnish’, from Old French ‘estoffer’, of Germanic origin.
