filling
adjective · noun
Simple meaning
A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
filingSay the bold part a little louder.
IPA pronunciation (US)
ˈfɪlɪŋ
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
adjective
Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
noun
A food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.
Anything that is used to fill something.
The woof in woven fabrics.
Prepared wort added to ale to cleanse it.
The contents of a pie, etc.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate (estimated)
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- General English
Word Aura™
How this word commonly comes across.
Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Of food, that satisfies the appetite by filling the stomach.
Used this way, filling is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- No strong connotation
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Word Aura describes common impressions, not a measurement. Tone changes with sentence, speaker, relationship and situation.
More ways to use filling
- “When he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth.”noun
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Common Patterns and Combinations
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Word Family
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Inflected forms
Grammatical variations of the same word.
Make full, also in a metaphorical sense.
A young female.
Word family
Words built from the same root.
Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface.
A young female horse under the age of four.
Compound terms
Established multiword terms.
A service station that sells gasoline.
Related Words
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