filling
playSimple Definition of filling
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: material that is used to fill something
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: a food mixture that is used to fill something (such as pastry or a sandwich)
Full Definition of filling
1 : an act or instance of filling
2 : something used to fill a cavity, container, or depression
3 : something that completes: as a : the yarn interlacing the warp in a fabric; also : yarn for the shuttle b : a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches
Examples of filling in a sentence
a filling for a tooth
pies that need more filling
14th Century
First Known Use of filling
14th century
FILLING Defined for Kids
filling
playDefinition of filling for Students
: a substance used to fill something else <a filling for a tooth> <pie filling>
Medical Dictionary
filling
playMedical Definition of filling
1: material (as gold or amalgam) used to fill a cavity in a tooth
2: simple sporadic lymphangitis of the leg of a horse commonly due to overfeeding and insufficient exercise
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