stuffings

noun

plural of stuffing
as in fillings
soft material that is used to fill the hollow parts of something never heard of using goose down as stuffing for comforters until she moved to a cold climate

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Recent Examples of stuffings At Tasting Kitchen, that looks like a roast chicken plated with chontaduro, the peach palm fruit eaten as a street food and used in stuffings across Colombia. — David Hochman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026 Season biscuits, pork dishes, and poultry stuffings with the gray-green leaves of sage (Salvia officinalis). — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 July 2026 Tommy disburses stuffings and sauces to hungry locals as the GIs seduced their grandmothers with Camels and nylon stockings. — Dominic Green, The Washington Examiner, 20 Mar. 2026 The wide and shallow make of this casserole dish is a hefty $120 off and just the right vehicle for dishes that are better crisp—stuffings, mac and cheese, ratatouille, the list goes on. — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 1 Dec. 2025
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  1. fillings
  2. fills
Noun
  • First, prep your sandwich with any fillings, then place it into the cutter to cut and seal in one step.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Savory pastries include bacon-egg croissants, spanakopita turnovers and vols-au-vent, which are like birds’ nests of puff pastry stuffed with hearty fillings.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of fillings
Noun
  • The Type of Pillow Matters Some fills are much easier to revive than others.
    — Colleen Sullivan, Martha Stewart, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Traders are best served by treating virtual fills as optimistic and expecting live executions to be less forgiving.
    — Michael Martin, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of fills

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“Stuffings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stuffings. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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