🥪 A food mixture 📝 Making full 🦷 Tooth repair 🪨 A solid material 🧵 Thread in fabric

filling

5 2.4

Material used to put into a space to make it level or solid

noun
/ˈfɪlɪŋ/

: relleno

The cozy quilt was filled with soft cotton filling to keep warm during winter nights.

Very poor filling will help your foundation going very smooth.

Examples

But I think it's got chocolate filling, fries, chocolate cream.
There is no gluten in the filling so you can't really over mix it.
The baker used a sweet cream filling for the pastries, making them irresistible.
The cushion's filling is made of recycled materials, making it both comfy and eco-friendly.

Synonyms

padding

vsfilling

29 2.7

Soft material placed inside clothes or seats to make them warm and comfortable

is mainly for making a space solid or level not for comfort

filler

vsfilling

20 3.9

A substance used to fill cracks, holes, or gaps in things

is used to make larger spaces level or structurally solid

refill

vsfilling

15 2.0

A part you buy to put into a pen, bottle, or filter when the old one is used

is the material for making spaces level or solid not simply a replacement product

fill

vsfilling

15 3.9

Material used to put into a hole to level the ground

is the general material for making spaces level or solid

stuffer

vsfilling

8 5.0

An item used to fill empty space in a box to protect or make it look fuller

is a material rather than an object inserted into spaces

stuffing

vsfilling

7 2.1

Soft material used to fill mattresses or cushions to make them comfortable

is used to make spaces level or solid rather than provide cushioning

backfill

vsfilling

Specialized

1 3.9

Material used to fill a hole or trench after work is done

is used in many contexts and not only to replace earth after excavation

infilling

vsfilling

Specialized

1 5.5

Material that fills a gap in buildings or the ground

is the material itself used to make areas level or solid rather than the process

fiberfill

vsfilling

1 3.9

A light soft filling of thin man-made fibers used in coats, pillows and bedding

is a general structural material for making spaces level or solid not insulation

marshmallow filling

vsfilling

1 2.1

A soft, sweet cream people put inside cakes or cookies

is a material for physical spaces rather than for edible use or taste

Idioms

to needs a filling

1 4.3

Has a hole or damage in a tooth that a dentist must fix

Compounds

filling station

6 1.4

A place where people buy fuel for cars and trucks

marshmallow filling

1 2.1

A soft, sweet cream people put inside cakes or cookies

How Solid

solid

224 1.0

filling

5 2.4

padding

29 2.7

air

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

filling singular

fillings plural

Morphology

filling = fill (transparent) = fill + ing

Result noun formed from 'fill' referring to material used to fill a space; relation to the verb is direct.

Etymology

Filling comes from fill ('to make full') and it can mean the material used to make a space level or solid, for example gravel used to fill a hole, so a filling is the stuff that makes a gap 'full'.