filling (n.)

  1. any material that fills a space or container; there was not enough fill for the trench

    [ Syn: fill ]

  2. flow into something (as a container)

  3. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

  4. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

    [ Syn: woof , weft , pick ]

  5. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth; when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth; an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping''

  6. the act of filling something

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