fill

fill

Building material such as gravel, stones, etc., used to bring an area of ground up to a required level

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fill

[fil]

(civil engineering)

Earth used for embankments or as backfill.

(mining engineering)

pack

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fill

1. Soil, crushed stone, or waste materials, used to raise an existing grade or as a man-made deposit.

2. The depth or the volume of such material so added.

3. A cementitious material such as concrete or terrazzo, which is placed over a metal substructure to provide the wearing surface of a tread or platform.

4. Aggregate placed on a roof decking, 2 to form the appropriate design slope.

McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Architecture and Construction. Copyright © 2003 by McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.

fill

(1) In a graphics program, to apply color to a graphics object such as a rectangle, circle or polygon. In a paint program, the fill function is depicted as a paint bucket icon. It is used to "paint" objects or the entire canvas.

(2) In a spreadsheet, to enter common or repetitive values into a group of cells.

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