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filler Entertainment something, such as a musical selection, to fill time in a broadcast or stage presentation filler [′fil·ər] (computer science) Storage space that does not contain significant data but is needed to comply with length requirements or is reserved to fulfill some future need. (materials) An inert material added to paper, resin, bituminous material, and other substances to modify their properties and improve quality. A material used to fill holes in wood, plaster, or other surfaces before applying a coating such as paint or varnish. (metallurgy) The rod used to deposit metal in a joint in brazing, soldering, or welding. Also known as filler metal. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Doctor Emory continued to talk, and tried a fresh cigar, and, despite the fact that his reception-room was overflowing, delivered, not merely a long, but a live and interesting, dissertation on the subject of cigars and of the tobacco leaf and filler as grown and prepared for cigars in the tobacco-favoured regions of the earth. She was, out and out, the very best filler of a pipe, I should say, in the four quarters of the globe. |
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