Fill-in

Quick meaning: Fill-in is a noun meaning A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.

Meaning

A temporary replacement for another, especially at a job.

More Meanings

1. A substitution.
2. (mathematics) An intermediate result that must be stored temporarily during the course of a sparse matrix computation.
3. A question or puzzle in which one is expected to fill in a missing part of something.
4. (music) A musical embellishment (usually percussion) that is added to connect musical phrases.
5. Something added to fill a gap.
6. Something added to increase the size of something; padding or filler.
7. (marketing) A product category that is used to complete a range or variety of a product line.

Example Sentences

He went in to the Calsag bar to wrangle two fill-ins for the Goldenhoys as ordered.

In practice they are very sparse and generate few fill-ins in the remaining columns.

The main interaction styles supported by Web systems are direct manipulation, menus and form fill-ins.

All our language is loose: whatever one means to say, all words are fill-ins for other words - as any cursory glance at a dictionary reveals.

Word Forms

• fill-ins

Synonyms for fill-in

Depending on context, synonyms include substitute, relief, backup.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include substitute, backup, relief, fulfill, complete, fill.

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