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filling

filling

4 1.0
A food mixture placed inside pastries, pies, or sandwiches
  • noun
  • /ˈfɪlɪŋ/
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  • Now I'm adding the filling into the Oreo.
  • pie filling
  • cream filling
  • chocolate filling

You need super simple to make your own pumpkin pie filling or squash pie filling.

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Examples

  • She prepared a savory meat filling for the pastries before baking them in the oven.

  • You need super simple to make your own pumpkin pie filling or squash pie filling.

  • So now we're going to go ahead and add our filling a little bit of everything.

  • Now we need to make the filling of the cheesecake.

  • They should come right off before we put the cream filling in the middle.

  • Many bakeries offer beautiful cupcakes with a variety of healthy fillings.

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  • These steamed rice flour dumplings with a molasses filling are called yomari.

  • Baked in a clay oven until golden brown, these little oval pies are stuffed with sweet or savory fillings.

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  • When we got our burritos, we sat in the car, savoring their fragrant, spicy fillings.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Today we enjoy delectable flaky crusts with an almost infinite variety of savory and sweet fillings.

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Synonyms

spread
vsfilling
12 1.1

A soft food used on bread, like butter or jam

is placed inside pastries and sandwiches rather than smeared on bread
ganache
vsfilling
  • Specialized
6 6.3

A smooth mix of chocolate and cream used to fill or cover cakes

is used mainly inside pastries and sandwiches rather than served on top
stuffing
vsfilling
1 1.4

A mixture of breadcrumbs, herbs, and vegetables placed inside meat or vegetables before cooking

is used in pastries and sandwiches rather than inside meat or vegetables
2.1

A soft, sweet cream people put inside cakes or cookies

is a general mixture for pastries and sandwiches rather than just desserts

Idioms

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Compounds

7 1.4

A place where people buy fuel for cars and trucks

A soft, sweet cream people put inside cakes or cookies

How Thick

paste
68 1.0
jam
76 1.0
custard
28 1.0
filling
4 1.0
syrup
203 1.0
sauce
569 1.0

Surface Forms

filling singular
fillings plural

Morphology

filling = fill (transparent) = fill + ing

Standard noun formation from the verb 'fill' with '-ing'; the noun denotes the substance or action used to fill and is directly inferable from the verb.

Etymology

Filling comes from an old English word fill, which means 'to make full'. Think of putting fruit or cream inside a pie to make it 'full' — the soft or tasty part inside is the filling.