filler








noun

  1. a person or thing that fills: a filler for pies; a filler of orders.
  2. a thing or substance used to fill a gap, cavity, or the like.
  3. a substance used to fill cracks, pores, etc., in a surface before painting or varnishing.
  4. a liquid, paste, or the like used to coat a surface or to give solidity, bulk, etc., to a substance, as paper or a chemical powder.
  5. Journalism. material, considered of secondary importance, used to fill out a column or page.
  6. an implement used in filling, as a funnel.
  7. cotton, down, or other material used to stuff or pad an object, as a quilt or cloth toy.
  8. material placed between the insole and the exterior sole of a shoe.
  9. Linguistics. (especially in tagmemics) one of a class of items that can fit into a given slot in a construction.
  10. Building Trades. a plate, slab, block, etc., inserted between two parallel members to connect them.
  11. the tobacco forming the body of a cigar.
  12. metal in the form of a rod or wire, used in brazing, welding, and soldering.

noun, plural fil·lér.

  1. an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.

noun

  1. a person or thing that fills
  2. an object or substance used to add weight or size to something or to fill in a gap
  3. a paste, used for filling in cracks, holes, etc, in a surface before painting
  4. architect a small joist inserted between and supported by two beams
    1. the inner portion of a cigar
    2. the cut tobacco for making cigarettes
  5. journalism articles, photographs, etc, to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a newspaper or magazine
  6. informal something, such as a musical selection, to fill time in a broadcast or stage presentation
  7. a small radio or television transmitter used to fill a gap in coverage
n.

late 15c., “one who fills,” agent noun from fill (v.). Meaning “something used to fill” is from 1590s. Specifically of food products by 1901.

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