Definition

1. Noun:
   • A substance used to fill a gap, cavity, or container: "Filler" refers to any material used to occupy space or make something full.
   • Material for filling cracks or holes: In construction or repair, "filler" is a paste or substance used to level a surface.
   • Less important content used to occupy space: In media, "filler" denotes content of secondary importance used to complete a publication or broadcast.
   • The inner tobacco of a cigar: Specifically, "filler" is the bundled tobacco leaves inside a cigar's wrapper.
   • A monetary subunit: In historical Hungarian currency, 100 filler equaled 1 forint.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Use wood filler to repair the hole in the door before painting.
  • The magazine article was just filler between the main features.
  • The quality of a cigar depends greatly on its filler.
  • This coin is worth fifty filler.

Advanced Usage

• "Filler episode": In television, an episode that does not advance the main storyline, often used to extend a series.
  • Many fans skip the filler episodes to follow the central plot.
• "Filler word": A word or sound (e.g., "um," "like," "you know") used in speech from habit, often to pause or hesitate.
  • Try to reduce your use of filler words during the presentation.

Variants and Related Words

• Fill (verb): To make or become full.
• Filling (noun): The substance inside something (e.g., a pie); an act of filling.
• Infilling (noun): The material used to fill a space between structures.

Synonyms

• Padding: Material used to fill or soften; superfluous content.
• Makeweight: An item of little value added to reach a required weight or amount.
• Spacer: Something that creates or maintains a gap.

Related Phrases

• Filler material: The specific substance used for filling.
  • Choose the appropriate filler material for the job.
• Filler content: Media content that serves primarily to occupy time or space.
  • The documentary had too much filler content and not enough analysis.

Idioms

• "Just filler": Describing something as unimportant or merely serving to occupy space.
  • Don't worry about that chapter; it's just filler.

Noun

1. the tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
2. anything added to fill out a whole
   • some of the items in the collection are mere makeweights
3. copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
4. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
5. used for filling cracks or holes in a surface