| filling | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. fill, filling | any material that fills a space or container.; "there was not enough fill for the trench" |
| ~ material, stuff | the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; "coal is a hard black material"; "wheat is the stuff they use to make bread" |
| ~ cement | any of various materials used by dentists to fill cavities in teeth. |
| n. (process) | 2. filling | flow into something (as a container). |
| ~ flow | any uninterrupted stream or discharge. |
| ~ refilling, replenishment, renewal, replacement | filling again by supplying what has been used up. |
| n. (food) | 3. filling | a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.. |
| ~ concoction, intermixture, mixture | any foodstuff made by combining different ingredients.; "he volunteered to taste her latest concoction"; "he drank a mixture of beer and lemonade" |
| ~ lekvar | a sweet filling made of prunes or apricots. |
| n. (artifact) | 4. filling, pick, weft, woof | the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving. |
| ~ cloth, fabric, textile, material | artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers.; "the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent"; "woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC"; "she measured off enough material for a dress" |
| ~ thread, yarn | a fine cord of twisted fibers (of cotton or silk or wool or nylon etc.) used in sewing and weaving. |
| ~ weave | pattern of weaving or structure of a fabric. |
| n. (artifact) | 5. filling | (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'" |
| ~ dental appliance | a device to repair teeth or replace missing teeth. |
| ~ inlay | (dentistry) a filling consisting of a solid substance (as gold or porcelain) fitted to a cavity in a tooth and cemented into place. |
| ~ dental medicine, dentistry, odontology | the branch of medicine dealing with the anatomy and development and diseases of the teeth. |
| n. (act) | 6. filling | the act of filling something. |
| ~ change of integrity | the act of changing the unity or wholeness of something. |
| ~ saturation | the act of soaking thoroughly with a liquid. |
| ~ flowage, flood | the act of flooding; filling to overflowing. |
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