filler
IPA: fˈɪɫɝ
noun
- One who fills.
- Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
- Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
- (cosmetic surgery) A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume.
- A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent.
- A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
- A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
- Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
- Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
- (programming) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division).
- (horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
- (forestry, usually in the plural) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
- (television, music) material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album
- A surname.
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Examples of "filler" in Sentences
- I guess these ladies are just label filler at this point.
- Lorem Ipsum: all the facts about that pseudo-Latin filler text.
- I am very cautious in my use of off-label filler, says Newberger.
- I love love love when some unsuspecting lucky seat filler is caught on camera.
- They also offer the filler from the cigars by the kilo.www. tabacalerainternational.com
- Do you think that a Russell Branyan or Bill Hall type might fit as a short term filler?
- "When I go to a restaurant, I expect the beef I order to be beef -- not 'filler' -- and my guess is most Montanans, and Americans feel the same way," Tester said in the statement.
- Rosenberg - you are such a prig. that you could come to a partisan conclusion about democrats from this satirical holiday filler from the stranger helps explain why the Republicans won?
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