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   fill·er

   /ˈfilər/

   noun

   • 1. a thing put in a space or container to fill it: "these plants are attractive gap-fillers or ground cover"
   • ▪ a substance used for filling cracks or holes in a surface, especially before painting it: "quick-hardening wood filler"
   • ▪ material used to fill a cavity or increase bulk: "foam filler"
   • ▪ an item serving only to fill space or time in a newspaper, broadcast, or recording.
   • ▪ a word or sound filling a pause in an utterance or conversation (e.g. er, well, you know).
   • ▪ a linguistic unit that fills a particular slot in syntactic structure.
   • 2. a person or thing that fills a space or container: "supermarket shelf-fillers"
   • 3. the tobacco blend used in a cigar. US

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