Definitions for filling
ˈfɪl ɪŋfill·ing

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

Dictionary of Nautical Terms(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. filling

   In ship-carpentry, wood fitted on a timber or elsewhere to make up a defect in the moulding way. This name is sometimes given to a chock.

British National Corpus

1. Written Corpus Frequency

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

How to pronounce filling?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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

Examples of filling in a Sentence

1. Ehsan Sehgal:

   Christmas, fragrances the birth of truth, composure, love, and humanity; however, the majority of people celebrate without filling that conception.

2. Robert Stokes:

   You look around and see unemployment. Filling out job applications and being turned down because of where you live and your demographic. It's so much bigger than the police department.

3. Rick Antosh:

   I just all of a sudden felt something like a tooth or a filling and it's terrifying, and then holy crap, I realized it's not a tooth, it's a pearl.

4. Eric Edelman:

   Contrary to President Trump's assertions that President Donald Trump increases rebuilt the military, what they did was buy back some of the readiness lost in a decade of cutbacks, it is nowhere near filling the gap between operations challenges we might face tonight, while at the same time investing in future capabilities that may take five, 10, 15 years to develop.

5. Leonid Fedun:

   The practice of filling the market with cheap oil at any cost is wrong - half a year or a year later it could be sold at twice as high.

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