'Filler' definitions:
Definition of 'filler'
(from WordNet)
noun
Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
noun
100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
noun
Copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
noun
Anything added to fill out a whole; "some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights" [syn: makeweight, filler]
noun
The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
Definition of 'Filler'
From: GCIDE
- Filler \Fill"er\, n.
- 1. One who, or that which, fills; something used for filling. [1913 Webster]
- 'T is mere filler, to stop a vacancy in the hexameter. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- They have six diggers to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work. --Mortimer. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Paint.) A composition, as of powdered silica and oil, used to fill the pores and grain of wood before applying paint, varnish, etc. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
- 3. (Forestry) Any standing tree or standard higher than the surrounding coppice in the form of forest known as coppice under standards. Chiefly used in the pl. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
Definition of 'Filler'
From: GCIDE
- Filler \Fill"er\, n. [From 1st Fill.] A thill horse. [Prov. Eng.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'filler'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- appositive,
- attribute,
- attributive,
- bidet,
- bush,
- bushing,
- carriage horse,
- cart horse,
- cavalry horse,
- complement,
- construction modifier,
- cutting,
- deep structure,
- direct object,
- doubling,
- doublure,
- draft horse,
- dray horse,
- driving horse,
- facing,
- fill horse,
- filling,
- form-function unit,
- function,
- gigster,
- hack,
- hackney,
- hunter,
- IC analysis,
- immediate constituent analysis,
- indirect object,
- inlay,
- inlayer,
- insole,
- interlineation,
- jument,
- lead,
- leader,
- levels,
- liner,
- lining,
- modifier,
- mount,
- object,
- pack horse,
- packing,
- padding,
- palfrey,
- phrase structure,
- plow horse,
- pole horse,
- polo pony,
- post-horse,
- predicate,
- qualifier,
- ranks,
- remount,
- rider,
- riding horse,
- road horse,
- roadster,
- rouncy,
- saddle horse,
- saddler,
- shaft horse,
- shallow structure,
- slot,
- slot and filler,
- stalking-horse,
- strata,
- structure,
- stuffing,
- subject,
- sumpter,
- sumpter horse,
- surface structure,
- syntactic analysis,
- syntactic structure,
- syntactics,
- syntax,
- tagmeme,
- thill horse,
- thiller,
- underlying structure,
- wadding,
- wainscot,
- wheeler,
- wheelhorse,
- word arrangement,
- word order,
- workhorse