FILLER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does filler mean? 

• FILLER (noun)
  The noun FILLER has 5 senses:

1. used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

2. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary

3. copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper

4. anything added to fill out a whole

5. the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

  Familiarity information: FILLER used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FILLER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("filler" is a kind of...):

sealing material (any substance used to seal joints or fill cracks in a porous surface)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "filler"):

putty (a dough-like mixture of whiting and boiled linseed oil; used especially to patch woodwork or secure panes of glass)

mastic (a pasty cement used as an adhesive or filler)

size; sizing (any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics)

stiffener (material used for stiffening something)

Derivation:

fill (plug with a substance)

Sense 2

Meaning:

100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Hypernyms ("filler" is a kind of...):

Hungarian monetary unit (monetary unit in Hungary)

Holonyms ("filler" is a part of...):

forint (the basic unit of money in Hungary)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("filler" is a kind of...):

copy; written matter (matter to be printed; exclusive of graphical materials)

Derivation:

fill (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Anything added to fill out a whole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

filler; makeweight

Context example:

some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights

Hypernyms ("filler" is a kind of...):

object; physical object (a tangible and visible entity; an entity that can cast a shadow)

Derivation:

fill (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("filler" is a kind of...):

baccy; tobacco (leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking or ingestion)

Holonyms ("filler" is a part of...):

cigar (a roll of tobacco for smoking)

Derivation:

fill (make full, also in a metaphorical sense)

 Context examples 

This term is used as a form filler when there is no appropriate Parasitology term available.

(Parasitology, Other, NCI Thesaurus)

For example, fillers are often used to make pills or capsules because the amount of active drug is too small to be handled conveniently.

(Filler, NCI Dictionary)

This term is used as a form filler when there is no appropriate Immunology term available.

(Immunology, Other, NCI Thesaurus)

A value used as a form filler when no specified type of Biophysics is appropriate.

(Biophysics, Other, NCI Thesaurus)

A cushion or support for the head or other body part; usually consisting of a cloth case surrounding a filler of feathers, down, plastic fibers, latex, rubber, or other foam material.

(Pillow, NCI Thesaurus)

A therapeutically inactive ingredient of a solid pharmaceutical dosage form that is used to increase the volume of the material to accommodate easier processing of the drug and to make it a suitable size for patient consumption Typical fillers include calcium phosphate (also an added source of both minerals), lactose, powder, sucrose powder.

(Filler Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)