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. [1913 Webster]
The woof in woven fabrics. [1913 Webster]
Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it. [1913 Webster]

Back filling. (Arch.) See under Back, a.

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

filling, n.
1 any material that fills or is used to fill, esp.: a a piece of material used to fill a cavity in a tooth. b the edible substance between the bread in a sandwich or between the pastry in a pie.
2 US weft.

Idiom

filling-station an establishment selling petrol etc. to motorists.

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THESAURUS

filling

battology, bedizenment, bonus, bush, bushing, cloying, cloysome, complemental, complementary, completing, completive, completory, components, consummative, consummatory, contents, culminative, decoration, doubling, doublure, duplication, duplication of effort, embellishment, expletive, extra, extra added attraction, extra dash, extravagance, facing, fat, featherbedding, filigree, filler, fillip, flourish, frill, frills, frippery, fulfilling, gingerbread, inlay, inlayer, innards, insole, interlineation, jading, lagniappe, liner, lining, luxury, macrology, needlessness, ornament, ornamentation, overadornment, overfilling, overlap, packing, padding, payroll padding, perfective, pick, pleonasm, premium, prolixity, redundance, redundancy, satiating, sating, satisfying, shoot, something extra, stammering, stuffing, stuttering, superaddition, superfluity, superfluousness, surfeiting, tautologism, tautology, trimming, twist, unnecessariness, verbosity, wadding, wainscot, warp, weft, woof, wrinkle

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ROGET THESAURUS

filling

Completeness

N completeness, completion, integration, allness, entirety, perfection, solidity, solidarity, unity, all, ne plus ultra, ideal, limit, complement, supplement, make-weight, filling, up, impletion, saturation, saturity, high water, high tide, flood tide, spring tide, fill, load, bumper, bellyful, brimmer, sufficiency, complete, entire, whole, perfect, full, good, absolute, thorough, plenary, solid, undivided, with all its parts, all- sided, exhaustive, radical, sweeping, thorough-going, dead, regular, consummate, unmitigated, sheer, unqualified, unconditional, free, abundant, brimming, brimful, topful, topfull, chock full, choke full, as full as an egg is of meat, as full as a vetch, saturated, crammed, replete, fraught, laden, full-laden, full-fraught, full-charged, heavy laden, completing, supplemental, supplementary, ascititious, completely, altogether, outright, wholly, totally, in toto, quite, all out, over head and ears, effectually, for good and all, nicely, fully, through thick and thin, head and shoulders, neck and heel, neck and crop, in all respects, in every respect, at all points, out and out, to all intents and purposes, toto coelo, utterly, clean, clean as a whistle, to the full, to the utmost, to the backbone, hollow, stark, heart and soul, root and branch, down to the ground, to the top of one's bent, as far as possible, a outrance, throughout, from first to last, from beginning to end, from end to end, from one end to the other, from Dan to Beersheba, from head to foot, from top to toe, from top to bottom, de fond en comble, a fond, a capite ad calcem, ab ovo usque ad mala, fore and aft, every, whit, every inch, cap-a-pie, to the end of the chapter, up to the brim, up to the ears, up to the eyes, as a as can be, on all accounts, sous tous les rapports, with a vengeance, with a witness, falsus in uno falsus in omnibus, false in one thing, false in everything, omnem movere lapidem, una scopa nuova spazza bene.

Lining

N lining, inner coating, coating, stalactite, stalagmite, filling, stuffing, wadding, padding, wainscot, parietes, wall, lined.

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