filler

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See also fillér

English

Etymology

to fill + -er

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə(r)

Noun

filler (plural fillers)

1. One who fills.
   • Mortimer

     They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work.

2. Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
3. Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
4. A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics.
5. A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
6. A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
7. Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
   • Dryden

     'Tis mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter.

8. Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
9. (computing) In COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context.
10. (horticulture) A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.

Translations

Something added to fill a space

• Bulgarian: пълнеж (bg) (pǎlnež) m

A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics

• Bulgarian: пълнител (bg) (pǎlnitel) m

• Greek: σφράγισμα (el) (sfrághizma) n

Anagrams

• refill