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: materials, supplies, or equipment used in various activities: as a obsolete : military baggage b : personal property
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: material to be manufactured, wrought, or used in construction {clear half-inch pine stuff — Emily Holt}
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: a finished textile suitable for clothing; especially : wool or worsted material
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a : literary or artistic production b : writing, discourse, talk, or ideas of little value : trash
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a : an unspecified material substance or aggregate of matter {volcanic rock is curious stuff} b : something (as a drug or food) consumed or introduced into the body by humans c : a matter to be considered {the truth was heady stuff} {long-term policy stuff} d : a group or scattering of miscellaneous objects or articles {pick that stuff up off the floor}; also : nonphysical unspecified material {conservation and…all kinds of good stuff — Eric Korn}
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a : fundamental material : substance {the stuff of greatness} b : subject matter {a teacher who knows her stuff}
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: special knowledge or capability {showing their stuff}
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a : spin imparted to a thrown or hit ball to make it curve or change course b : the movement of a baseball pitch out of its apparent line of flight : the liveliness of a pitch {greatest pitcher of my time…had tremendous stuff — Ted Williams}
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