Meaning of FILLING
| Pronunciation: | | 'filing
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- [n] the act of filling something
- [n] (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
- [n] the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
- [n] a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- [n] flow into something (as a container)
- [n] any material that fills a space or container; "there was not enough fill for the trench"
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| | Synonyms: | | fill, pick, weft, woof |
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| | See Also: | | cement, change of integrity, cloth, concoction, dental appliance, fabric, flood, flow, inlay, intermixture, lekvar, material, material, mixture, refilling, renewal, replacement, replenishment, saturation, stuff, textile, thread, weave, yarn | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Fill"ing\, n.
1. That which is used to fill a cavity or any empty space, or
to supply a deficiency; as, filling for a cavity in a
tooth, a depression in a roadbed, the space between
exterior and interior walls of masonry, the pores of
open-grained wood, the space between the outer and inner
planks of a vessel, etc.
2. The woof in woven fabrics.
3. (Brewing) Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
{Back filling}. (Arch.) See under {Back}, a.
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