nounπShareOne who fills."At the bottling plant, the workers whose job was to operate the machines making sure they kept liquids flowing were known as the fillers. "personjobChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareSomething added to fill a space or add weight or size."The artist used paper scraps and small pebbles as fillers in the sculpture to give it more volume. "materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores."The painter used fillers to patch the small holes in the wall before painting it. "materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics."The manufacturer added fillers like wood pulp to the paper to make it cheaper and thicker. "materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA short article in a newspaper or magazine."The newspaper used short, funny anecdotes as fillers to make the pages look less empty. "mediawritingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA short piece of music or an announcement between radio or TV programmes."The radio station played short musical fillers between news segments to keep the audience entertained. "mediaentertainmentmusicsoundcommunicationChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareAny spoken sound or word used to fill gaps in speech; filled pause.""The student used a lot of fillers like 'um' and 'uh' during his presentation because he was nervous." "languagephoneticscommunicationwordlinguisticssoundChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareCut tobacco used to make up the body of a cigar."The cigar maker carefully chose the fillers, ensuring they would burn evenly and contribute to the cigar's overall flavor. "materialsubstanceagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareIn COBOL, the description of an unnamed part of a record that contains no data relevant to a given context (normally capitalised when in a data division)."In the COBOL program's data structure for student records, some unused spaces were defined as FILLERS to allow for future expansion, even though these FILLERS currently hold no student information. "computingtechnicaltechnologywordstructuresystemlanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShareA plant that lacks a distinctive shape and can fill inconvenient spaces around other plants in pots or gardens."The gardener planted low-growing petunias as fillers to cover the bare soil between the taller roses. "plantagriculturenatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
nounπShare(usually in the plural) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as "coppice under standards"."In the ancient woodland, the fillers, taller and older than the regularly cut coppice growth around them, provided a continuous canopy and a source of larger timber. "natureplantenvironmentagricultureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
