fillers

Content stretched thin

Fillers are substances added to increase bulk or volume without adding much value—in food, materials, or speech.

Wood putty is filler for gaps.

In processed meat, fillers stretch the product.

In conversation, fillers are words like um, uh, like, and you know that occupy space while the speaker thinks.

Dermal fillers are injectable substances that plump skin to reduce wrinkles.

speech

um

Spoken hesitation marker

  • uhVocalized hesitation marker
  • erSpoken filler noise
  • ahExclamation of realization

like · you know · well · so · actually · basically · I mean · anyway · right · okay

material

foam

Bubble-filled substance

polyester · cotton · down · kapok · fiberfill · polyfill · cushioning · insulation · wadding · fluff

cosmetic

injectable

Administered via needle

Restylane · dermal · plumper · lip · wrinkle · volume · syringe · injection · augmentation · cosmetic

content

padding

Material for cushioning

waffle · verbiage · superficial · trivial · nonessential · extraneous · unnecessary · boilerplate · placeholder · stock footage

dental

amalgam

Mixture of disparate parts

cavity · restoration · inlay · onlay · sealant · cement · temporary · permanent · silver · porcelain

food

extender

Thing that adds length

soy · TVP · bulgur · binder · stretcher · additive · starch · cellulose · maltodextrin · inulin

Categories
Opposites
substance and essentiality

fillersessentials

Indispensable items or elements

substance · meat · crux · fundamentals · active ingredients

speech fluency

fillersprecise language

Exact, unambiguous expression

eloquence · eloquent speech

material composition

fillersactive ingredients

Substances producing intended effect

actives · concentrates

Phrases
Family

filled, filler, unfilled, refilled, overfilled, prefilled, underfilled

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G