filler

[fil-er]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

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

�ھ��é��

Also �ھ��·��

[fee-lair, fil-air]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

plural

�ھ��é��

an aluminum coin of Hungary, one 100th of a forint.

filler

/ ˈ��ɪ��ə /

noun

a person or thing that fills
an object or substance used to add weight or size to something or to fill in a gap
a paste, used for filling in cracks, holes, etc, in a surface before painting
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
journalism articles, photographs, etc, to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a newspaper or magazine
informal��something, such as a musical selection, to fill time in a broadcast or stage presentation
a small radio or television transmitter used to fill a gap in coverage

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Word History and Origins

Origin of filler¹

First recorded in 1490–1500; fill + -er ¹

Origin of filler²

First recorded in 1900–05; from Hungarian, from Middle High German vierer type of coin, equivalent to vier four + -er -er ¹

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Tomatoes — real ones, the kind that bruise if you breathe on them too hard — return, and we remember they’re not just filler for BLTs or wedges to shove beside a burger.

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I mean, I’ve got injections, fillers, things are pulled back, things are misaligned.

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“They were set up, punchline, no meandering stories; all meat, no filler,” Oswalt says in his segment.

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“Friendship” surrounds Robinson with normalcy: filler talk, obliging laughter and the kind of handsome lighting you’d see in a home-insurance commercial.

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One clinic attempted to extract the filler using syringes.

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filled to the brim filler cap

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