ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Fill-out

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Fill-out is a noun meaning An option provided as one of a number of possible answers to a question in a form.

Meaning

An option provided as one of a number of possible answers to a question in a form.

More Meanings

  1. An extra car added to a freight train in order to achieve a minimum tonnage.
  2. Something extra that is added to increase the size of something.
  3. (astronomy) The amount by which a star in a binary system extends beyond its Roche lobe.

Example Sentences

She's the main deal, we're just the fill-outs!
All moves use the same form, but the fill-outs are different.
All fill-outs should be packed with \p's so nothing will be printed.
At the other extreme, were those who bought conservatively for their own manufacturing needs and retail sails. They picked up spot fill-outs when they ran short.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include fill-in, gap-fill, alternative, by-form, ur-form, drop-down.

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