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Filling

Filling Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Filling? [n] the act of filling something [n] (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'" [n] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving [n] a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc. [n] flow into something (as a container) [n] any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Filling: fill \| pick \| weft \| woof Related Terms \| Find terms related to Filling: battology \| bedizenment \| bonus \| bush \| bushing \| cloying \| cloysome \| complemental \| complementary \| completing \| completive \| completory \| components \| consummative \| consummatory \| contents \| culminative \| decoration \| doubling \| doublure \| duplication \| duplication of effort \| embellishment \| expletive \| extra \| extra added attraction \| extra dash \| extravagance \| facing \| fat \| featherbedding \| filigree \| filler \| fillip \| flourish \| frill \| frills \| frippery \| fulfilling \| gingerbread \| inlay \| inlayer \| innards \| insole \| interlineation \| jading \| lagniappe \| liner \| lining \| luxury \| macrology \| needlessness \| ornament \| ornamentation \| overadornment \| overfilling \| overlap \| packing \| padding \| payroll padding \| perfective \| pick \| pleonasm \| premium \| prolixity \| redundance \| redundancy \| satiating \| sating \| satisfying \| shoot \| something extra \| stammering \| stuffing \| stuttering \| superaddition \| superfluity \| superfluousness \| surfeiting \| tautologism \| tautology \| trimming \| twist \| unnecessariness \| verbosity \| wadding \| wainscot \| warp \| weft \| woof \| wrinkle See Also \| cement \| change of integrity \| cloth \| concoction \| dental appliance \| fabric \| flood \| flow \| inlay \| intermixture \| lekvar \| material \| material \| mixture \| refilling \| renewal \| replacement \| replenishment \| saturation \| stuff \| textile \| thread \| weave \| yarn Filling In Webster's Dictionary \Fill"ing\, n. 1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner planks of a vessel, etc. 2. The woof in woven fabrics. 3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. {Back filling}. (Arch.) See under {Back}, a.

Filling Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Filling?

[n] the act of filling something
[n] (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
[n] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
[n] a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
[n] flow into something (as a container)
[n] any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Filling: fill | pick | weft | woof

Filling In Webster's Dictionary

\Fill"ing\, n.
1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or
   to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a
   tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between
   exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of
   open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner
   planks of a vessel, etc.

2. The woof in woven fabrics.

3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.

{Back filling}. (Arch.) See under {Back}, a.

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