English to English
filling
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noun (n)
- flow into something (as a container)(noun.process)source: wordnet30
- a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.(noun.food)source: wordnet30
- (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth(noun.artifact)Example:
When he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth.
An informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'.
source: wordnet30 - the act of filling something(noun.act)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913