filler

6 definitions • 5 examples

a substance that is used to fill small holes and cracks, especially in wood and walls

a short text or drawings used to fill extra space in a magazine or newspaper, or talk, music, etc. used to fill extra time in a radio or television broadcast:

We used the clip as a filler after one of our guests dropped out of the show.

something of lower quality included in a film, broadcast, speech, record, etc. in order to fill all the time or space:

There are only three good tracks on the album - the rest is just filler.

a substance that is injected (= put with a needle) into the skin as a beauty treatment, to hide wrinkles (= lines or folds in the skin caused by age)

a substance that is added to processed food (= food that has had a chemical or industrial treatment) to increase its size or add fibre, often a cheaper vegetable substance that is added to a meat product:

Most pet treats are full of grains and fillers with only a fraction of the ingredients being real meat.

The crab cake was filled with lumps of crab meat and had relatively little filler.

a word or short phrase such as "er" or "well", used when a person pauses to think about what to say next:

When she transcribed the conversation she edited out all the fillers.