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fillers - 4 dictionary results

fill⋅er

[fil-er]
–noun
1. a person or thing that fills: a filler for pies; a filler of orders.
2. a thing or substance used to fill a gap, cavity, or the like.
3. a substance used to fill cracks, pores, etc., in a surface before painting or varnishing.
4. a liquid, paste, or the like used to coat a surface or to give solidity, bulk, etc., to a substance, as paper or a chemical powder.
5. Journalism. material, considered of secondary importance, used to fill out a column or page.
6. an implement used in filling, as a funnel.
7. cotton, down, or other material used to stuff or pad an object, as a quilt or cloth toy.
8. material placed between the insole and the exterior sole of a shoe.
9. Linguistics. (esp. in tagmemics) one of a class of items that can fit into a given slot in a construction.
10. Building Trades. a plate, slab, block, etc., inserted between two parallel members to connect them.
11. the tobacco forming the body of a cigar.
12. metal in the form of a rod or wire, used in brazing, welding, and soldering.

Origin:
1490–1500; fill + -er 1

fil⋅lér

[fee-lair, fil-air]
–noun, plural -lér.
an aluminum coin of Hungary, the 100th part of a forint.
Also, filʹler.


Origin:
1900–05; < Hungarian < MHG vierer type of coin, equiv. to vier four + -er -er 1
fill·er 1   (fĭl'ər)   
n.  One that fills, as:
a. Something added to augment weight or size or fill space.
fil·ler 2   (fĭl'âr')   
n.  See Table at currency.

[Hungarian, from Middle High German viertel, quarter (a coin), from Old High German fiorteil, a fourth : fiordo, fourth; see kwetwer- in Indo-European roots + teil, part; see dail- in Indo-European roots.]
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