Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. filling, fill(noun)

   any material that fills a space or container

   "there was not enough fill for the trench"

2. filling(noun)

   flow into something (as a container)

3. filling(noun)

   a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

4. woof, weft, filling, pick(noun)

   the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

5. filling(noun)

   (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. filling(noun)

   the act of filling something

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. filling(Noun)

   Anything that is used to fill something.

2. filling(Noun)

   The contents of a pie, etc.

3. filling(Noun)

   A piece of amalgam used to fill a cavity in a tooth.

4. filling(Adjective)

   Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach

   a filling meal

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Filling

   of Fill

2. Filling(noun)

   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

3. Filling(noun)

   the woof in woven fabrics

4. Filling(noun)

   prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'filling' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4058

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of filling in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of filling in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Tom Kellermann:

   This is filling a critical gap.

2. Eva Mendes:

   The mini ones and the big ones with the filling.

3. May Lamberton Becker:

   Filling a bookcase is like gathering a social circle.

4. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

5. Rebecca West:

   Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

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