1
: an act or instance of filling
2
: something used to fill a cavity, container, or depression
3
: something that completes: such as
a
: the yarn interlacing the warp in a fabric
also
: yarn for the shuttle
b
: a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches
a fruit filling
Examples of filling in a Sentence
a filling for a tooth
pies that need more filling
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The new style will don a Black/Cave Stone color combination which amounts to a mostly black design with brown filling in the tongue liner and outsole.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
Recipe Tips For Million Dollar Chicken Pot Pie The filling can be prepared up to two days in advance.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Yet convenience has not come at the price of comfort, insists designer Mikael Axelsson, who set out to better the coziness of conventional foam fillings.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Chili can be served on its own or with bowls of rice or cornbread, and can be repurposed into a flavorsome pasta sauce, taco filling, or nacho topper.
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Riley Jones, Footwear News, 16 May 2026
Recipe Tips For Million Dollar Chicken Pot Pie The filling can be prepared up to two days in advance.
—Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Yet convenience has not come at the price of comfort, insists designer Mikael Axelsson, who set out to better the coziness of conventional foam fillings.
—Jack Bantock, CNN Money, 14 May 2026
Chili can be served on its own or with bowls of rice or cornbread, and can be repurposed into a flavorsome pasta sauce, taco filling, or nacho topper.
—Riley Wofford, Martha Stewart, 14 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for filling
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“Filling.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/filling. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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filling
noun
fill·ing
ˈfil-iŋ 
1
: material that is used to fill something
a filling for a tooth
2
: something that completes: as
a
: the yarn crossing over and under the warp in a fabric
b
: a food mixture used to fill pastry or sandwiches
Medical Definition
filling
noun
fill·ing
ˈfil-iŋ
1
: material (as gold or amalgam) used to fill a cavity in a tooth
2
: simple sporadic lymphangitis of the leg of a horse commonly due to overfeeding and insufficient exercise
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