Filling - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- flow into something (as a container)
- a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
- the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving (syn: pick, weft, woof)
- (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'
Extra examples
Pasta and rice are both very filling.
They had trouble filling large customer orders.
He doesn't want the bother of filling out all those forms again.
The pie's flaky crust encloses a fruit filling.
...for solving crossword puzzles my usual methodology is to begin by filling in all of the answers I'm reasonably sure of...
...even the filling before adding the top layer of the cake...
...an apple pie with a mushy, insipid filling that strongly resembled soggy cardboard...
He worked on the filling while I prepared the pastry.
Scoop a hole in the dough for the filling.
...the undermost layer of the mattress filling should provide firm back support...
Two girls were employed at filling envelopes.
The lake is filling up after this heavy rain.
I'm just filling in here temporarily.
Boss is on vacations, I'm filling up for him.
My job was filling the flour sacks.
Word forms
singular: filling
plural: fillings
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