Synonyms for filling
ˈfɪl ɪŋfill·ing

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1. filling, fillnoun

   any material that fills a space or container

   "there was not enough fill for the trench"

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

2. fillingnoun

   flow into something (as a container)

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

3. fillingnoun

   a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches etc.

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

4. woof, weft, filling, picknoun

   the yarn woven across the warp yarn in weaving

   Synonyms:
   cream, pickaxe, selection, pick, choice, plectrum, picking, woof, pickax, option, plectron, fill, weft

5. fillingnoun

   (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'"

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

6. fillingnoun

   the act of filling something

   Synonyms:
   weft, fill, pick, woof

Matched Categories

1. • Change Of Integrity
   • Concoction
   • Dental Appliance
   • Dentistry
   • Flow
   • Material
   • Yarn

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1. List of paraphrases for "filling":

   infilling, fill, filler, refilling, infill, refill, backfilling, bulking, bridging, backfill, populating, yau, completing, refuelling, populate, bridge, loading

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How to use filling in a sentence?

1. Peace Pilgrim:

   Make food a very incidental part of your life by filling your life so full of meaningful things that you'll hardly have time to think about food.

2. William Butler Yeats:

   Education is not filling a bucket, but lighting a fire.

3. Blaire Davis:

   They're the first responders, we're filling the gaps where they request assistance.

4. Rebecca West:

   Journalism is the ability to meet the challenge of filling space.

5. Amit Yoran:

   You don't necessarily need a new center, this is filling a critical gap.