1. Anything added to fill out a whole
   "some of the items in the collection are mere fillers";
   - makeweight
    
2. Used for filling cracks or holes in a surface
   "The carpenter applied wood filler to smooth out the imperfections in the table"
    
3. Copy to fill space between more important articles in the layout of a magazine or newspaper
   "The editor added a short filler article to complete the page layout"
    
4. The tobacco used to form the core of a cigar
   "The cigar maker carefully selected the filler tobacco for the perfect blend"
    
5. (linguistics) a word or sound used to fill pauses in speech
   "'Um' and 'uh' are common fillers in English"
    
6. (cosmetics) a substance injected into the skin to reduce wrinkles or add volume
   "She got lip fillers to enhance her pout"
    
7. (music) a short musical passage used to fill a gap or transition between sections
   "The guitarist played a quick filler between verses"
    
8. 100 filler equal 1 forint in Hungary
   "The old coin collection included several filler pieces"

Derived forms: fillers

Type of: article, baccy [Brit, informal], copy, Hungarian monetary unit, object, physical object, sealing material, snout [UK, informal], tobacco, written matter

Part of: cigar, forint

Encyclopedia: Filler, Martin