Filler

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In general, a filler is something that is used to fill gaps. Specialized meanings include:

Materials

• Filler (animal food), dietary fiber and other ingredients added to pet foods to provide bulk
• Filler (materials), particles added to a matrix material, usually to improve its properties
• Filler (packaging), a machine designed to fill packaging, usually occurs in food packaging
• Filler metal, metal added in the making of a joint through welding, brazing, or soldering
• Grain filler, a product that is used to achieve a smooth-textured wood finish
• Injectable filler, a soft tissue filler injected into the skin to help fill in facial wrinkles
• Star filler, a plastic insert in computer cables which separates wires

Media and entertainment

• Filler (media), in television and other media, material that exists outside the story arc to pad out other material
• "Filler", song by hardcore punk band Minor Threat, from their debut E.P.

Other uses

• Filler (linguistics), a sound spoken to fill up gaps in utterances
• Placeholder word
• Filler (surname)
• Seat filler, a person who fills an empty seat during an event

See also

• fillér, name of various small change coins throughout Hungarian history, and one hundredth of a Hungarian forint
• Filer (disambiguation)
• Placeholder (disambiguation)

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