fillers

Noun

filler (plural fillers)

1. One who fills.
   • They commonly have three, four, five, or six hewers or diggers, to four fillers, so as to keep the fillers always at work.1707, J[ohn] Mortimer, The Whole Art of Husbandry; or, The Way of Managing and Improving of Land. […], London: […] J[ohn] H[umphreys] for H[enry] Mortlock […], and J[onathan] Robinson […], →OCLC
2. Something added to fill a space or add weight or size.
   • I recommend this album in the face of the fact that five of the eleven songs are the purest filler, dull instrumentals with a harmonica rifling over an indifferent rhythm section. The rest is magnificent[…]1977, Stereo Review, volume 38, page 70
3. Any semisolid substance used to fill gaps, cracks or pores.
4. (cosmetic surgery) A dermal filler, a substance injected beneath the skin to restore lost volume.
   • A 50-year-old patient will come in, and suddenly, she’s super-skinny and needs filler, which she never needed before.2023 January 24, Amy Synnott, quoting Dr. Frank, “Those Weight Loss Drugs May Do a Number on Your Face”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 24 Jan 2023
5. A relatively inert ingredient added to modify physical characteristics; a bulking agent.
   • The word "filler" is taboo in the excipient world.2014 April, Ken Seufert, “The New Dawn of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing: Innovative Solutions for Unprecedented Challenges”, in American Pharmaceutical Review, 17(3):9
6. A short article in a newspaper or magazine.

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