filler
English
/ˈfɪl.ə(ɹ)/
noun
Definitions
- 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 relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
- 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.
- (computing) 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) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
Etymology
Affix from English fill.
Origin
English
fill
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- autofill English
- backfill English
- fiberfill English
- fibrefill English
- fill English
- fill-dike English
- fill-dyke English
- fillable English
- fillest English
- filleth English
- fillrate English
- fillup English
- forthfill English
- fulfill English
- infill English
- lakefill English
- landfill English
- linefill English
- loosefill English
- microfill English
- nanofiller English
- overfill English
- postfiller English
- prefill English
- refill English
- rockfill English
- space English
- spacefiller English
- underfill English
- unfill English
- upfill English
- fillen Middle English