filler

Meaning

1. One who fills.
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 dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume.
5. A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent.
6. A short article in a newspaper or magazine.
7. A short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes.
8. Any spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.
9. Cut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar.
10. 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).
11. A plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens.
12. Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards".
13. material of lower cost or quality that is used to fill a certain television time slot or physical medium, such as a music album

Synonyms

padding

filling

pad

loading material

funnel

fill

refill

makeweight

stuffing

wadding

packing

patch

putty

shim

falsie

fill-in

stopgap measure

gapfiller

infundibulum

hydraulic fill

filling hole

filling material

injection port

filling opening

weighting material

occupation number

metal core

gasket material

mine-fill

filling materials

filling aperture

padding bit

fill orifice

packing loaded stock

bell

🔔

grain hopper

bunker

carrier

centre

chute

crater

dressing

excipient

extender

hopper

pack

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɪlə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From fill + -er.