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| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ball of something |
| Synonyms: | back, block, boodle, bunch, bundle, chunk, clump, cushion, fortune, gathering, heap, hunk, lining, lump, mass, mint, nugget, packet, pad, pile, plug, pot, ream, roll, slew, stuff, tuft, wadding |
| Main Entry: | filling |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contents |
| Synonyms: | bushing, cartridge, center, cylinder, dressing, fill, filler, inlay, innards, inside, insides, layer, liner, mixture, pack, packing, pad, padding, refill, replenishment, shim, stuffing, wad, wadding |
| 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: | packing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | material used to fill space |
| Synonyms: | Styrofoam, filling, peanuts, stuffing, wadding |
| Main Entry: | stuffing |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | material used to pad |
| Synonyms: | fill, filler, packing, padding, quilting, wadding |
| Main Entry: | padding |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stuffing |
| Synonyms: | filler, lining, packing, protection, wadding |
| Main Entry: | crumple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or become wrinkled |
| Synonyms: | break down, buckle, cave in, collapse, crease, crimp, crimple, crinkle, crush, fall, fold, give way, go to pieces, pucker, rimple, ruck, rumple, screw, scrunch, shrivel, wad, wrinkle |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | jam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | squeeze in; compress |
| Synonyms: | bear, bind, block, cease, clog, congest, cram, crowd, crush, elbow, force, halt, jam-pack, jostle, obstruct, pack, press, push, ram, squash, squish, stall, stick, stuff, tamp, throng, wad, wedge |
| Notes: | jam is a thick mixture made from fruit pulp and sugar; jelly is made from fruit juice boiled with sugar; preserves are fruit preserved whole or in large pieces and cooked with sugar; marmalade is boiled fruit pulp, rinds, and sugar |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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