filling

Noun

• the act of filling something

• (dentistry) a dental appliance consisting of any of various substances (as metal or plastic) inserted into a prepared cavity in a tooth
  • when he yawned I could see the gold fillings in his teeth
    
  • an informal British term for `filling' is `stopping'
    

• the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

• a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

• flow into something (as a container)

• any material that fills a space or container
  • there was not enough fill for the trench
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  woof , weft , pick , fill