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
- The fillers include aluminum hydroxide.
- The filler metal used in the process is called solder.
- Braze welding is a method of welding with a brazing filler metal.
- The process is relatively insensitive to the amount of filler used.
- But the filler is often trite, with even more forced bursts of action.
- At least part of the filler material is active in the grinding process.
- One of the filler pieces is made of an elastically compressible material.
- Wrinkle fillers are injectable alternatives, but they too have their flaws.
- A filler and stabilizer may also be included in the composition of the lacquer.
- They may also provide filler to leaven the serious content of regular journals.
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