filling B1 Topic:Food & Drink US /ˈfɪlɪŋ/ See IPA manual Freq #4913 Meanings 1 noun The food put inside a sandwich, pie, or pastry. My favorite sandwich has a cheese and tomato filling. 2 noun A material a dentist uses to repair a hole in a tooth. The dentist gave me a filling for my back tooth. 3 adj Of food, making you feel full quickly. That pasta was really filling, so I skipped dessert. Thesaurus Synonyms 2 noun · a material a dentist uses... stopping Word family Forms fillings Derived forms formfillinginfillinglipofillingunderfillingwaterfilling Related forms filing Appears in Phrases (1) See all filling station a place where drivers buy fuel for their vehicles Noun + noun Topics Food & Drink External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # filling **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun, adj **IPA (US):** /ˈfɪlɪŋ/ **Frequency rank:** 4913 ## Meanings 1. The food put inside a sandwich, pie, or pastry. 2. A material a dentist uses to repair a hole in a tooth. 3. Of food, making you feel full quickly. ## Examples - My favorite sandwich has a cheese and tomato filling. - The dentist gave me a filling for my back tooth. - That pasta was really filling, so I skipped dessert. ## Derived Forms - formfilling - infilling - lipofilling - underfilling - waterfilling ## Related Forms - filing ## Topics - Food & Drink markdown