stuffing
n. C / Un. the mixture of bread, herbs, and other ingredients used to fill a chicken or turkey before cooking. It can also mean the soft material inside a pillow or a soft toy.
n. a mixture of seasoned ingredients, such as breadcrumbs and herbs, used to fill the cavity of meat or vegetables before cooking; also refers to the padding material used in upholstery or soft toys.
The turkey is ready for the stuffing.
She prepared a traditional sage and onion stuffing to go inside the roast chicken for Sunday dinner.
The antique chair required new stuffing after the original horsehair padding began to disintegrate and poke through the velvet upholstery.
By surface analysis, stuff + -ing.
Uncountable when referring to the material in general; countable when referring to specific varieties or recipes.