filler
Pronunciation: /ˈfɪləː/
The English word “filler” has 13 meanings listed here.
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.
- 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.
- 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).
- A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
- Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
- A material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album.
Etymology
From fill + -er.
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