| Main Entry: |
filling/filler
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something that takes up |
| Synonyms: | bushing, capacity batting, cartridge, center, content, contents, cylinder, dressing, fill, guts*, impletion, inlay, innards, inside, layer, liner, mixture, pack, packing, pad, padding, refill, replenishment, shim, stuffing, wad, wadding |
| Antonyms: | emptiness |
| Main Entry: | content |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | capacity, volume |
| Synonyms: | filling, load, measure, packing, size |
| Main Entry: | contents |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | elements of larger object |
| Synonyms: | capacity, cargo, chapters, connotation, constituents, details, divisions, essence, filling, freight, furnishing, gist, guts, implication, ingredients, innards, inside, lading, load, meaning, nub, packing, shipment, significance, size, space, stuffing, subject matter, subjects, substance, sum, text, themes, topics, volume |
| Main Entry: | pad/padding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | protection |
| Synonyms: | buffer, cushion, filling, packing, stuffing, wad, wadding, waste |
| Main Entry: | plug |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stopper |
| Synonyms: | bung, connection, cork, filling, fitting, occlusion, river, spigot, stopple, tampon, wedge |
| Antonyms: | mouth, opening |
| Main Entry: | dressing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a food mixture |
| Synonyms: | filling, forcemeat, stuffing |
| Notes: | gravy initially described a spicy sauce; gravy now is a souplike addition to meats, sauce is for meat and pastas, etc., and dressing is reserved for salads (and also means 'stuffing' in the U.S.) while au jus is 'with natural juices' |
| Main Entry: | lining |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | interlining |
| Synonyms: | bushing, covering, filling, inner coating, inner layer, liner, padding, quilting, sheathing, stuffing, wadding, wainscot, wainscoting, wall |
| Main Entry: | loading |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stowing |
| Synonyms: | burdening, charging, cramming, cumbering, encumbering, filling, lading, packing, priming, readying, storing |
| Main Entry: | packing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | material used to fill space |
| Synonyms: | Styrofoam, filling, peanuts, stuffing, wadding |