fillernoun
uk/ˈfɪl.ər/us/ˈfɪl.ɚ/filler noun (FOR HOLES, CRACKS)
[ C or U ] a substance that is used to fill small holes and cracks, especially in wood and walls
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Building: plastering
- mortar
- plaster
- plasterboard
- plasterer
- render
- roughcast
- stucco
- wallboard
filler noun (TAKING TIME OR SPACE)
[ C ] a short text or drawings used to fill extra space in a magazine or newspaper, or talk, music, etc. used to fill extra time in a radio or television broadcast:
[ U ] disapproving something of lower quality included in a film, broadcast, speech, record, etc. in order to fill all the time or space:
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Newspapers & magazines: headlines & features
- advertorial
- agony column
- back pages
- banner headline
- bulletin
- column
- comic strip
- dateline
- double(-page) spread
- editorial
- exclusive
- funny
- heading
- lead 1
- leader
- op-ed
- personal column
- press cutting
- pullout
- serial
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filler noun (COSMETIC)
[ C ] a substance that is injected (= put with a needle) into the skin as a beauty treatment, to hide wrinkles (= lines or folds in the skin caused by age)
filler noun (PHRASE)
[ C ] specialized language a word or short phrase such as "er" or "well", used when a person pauses to think about what to say next: