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filling

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filling in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. any material that fills a space or container
    "there was not enough fill for the trench"
    filling  fill 
  2. the act of filling something
    filling 
  3. the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving
    woof  weft  filling  pick 
  4. (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
    "when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth"; "an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'"
    filling 
  5. a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
    filling 
  6. flow into something (as a container)
    filling 
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