infilled

Made solid throughout

Infilled is the past tense of infill, meaning to fill in a gap or vacant space.

The term appears most often in urban planning and construction, where infill development builds on empty lots between existing structures: The neighborhood's vacant parcels were gradually infilled with townhouses.

Teeth, bones, and geological formations can also be infilled with material.

construction

backfilled

Returned soil to excavation

cement · sealant · caulk · putty · spackle · epoxy · plaster · resin · patching · sealed

packed

stuffed

Filled beyond capacity

plugged · loaded · compressed

restored

renovated

Updated and repaired

mended · refurbished · patched · remediated · reclaimed · rebuilt

urban

densification

Increasing mass per volume

land-use · upzoning · intensification · clustering · parcels · lots · subdivisions · rezoning · redevelopment · buildout

Opposites
filling vs. emptying

infilledexcavated

Dug up systematically

emptied · dug out · cleared · hollowed out · hollowed

completion vs. vacancy

infilledempty

Holding nothing inside

hollow · vacant · void · unfilled · open

development density

infilledcleared

Found not guilty

demolished · razed · undeveloped · sprawled · decentralized

Phrases
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