filling

garniture, farce

Aliments placés à l’intérieur d’une tourte, d’un sandwich ou d’un plat similaire.

En anglais simple : Food put inside a pie, sandwich, or similar dish.

• The pie has an apple filling.
• Which sandwich filling would you like?
• These pastries have a rich chocolate filling.

Synonymes : stuffing

Expressions courantes : pie filling, sandwich filling, chocolate filling

plombage, obturation

Matière utilisée pour boucher un trou dans une dent, ou la réparation ainsi faite.

En anglais simple : Material used to repair a hole in a tooth, or the repair itself.

• I need a filling in this tooth.
• One of my fillings fell out yesterday.
• The dentist replaced my old filling with a white one.

Synonymes : dental restoration

Expressions courantes : dental filling, white filling, get a filling

rembourrage

Matière placée dans un objet pour remplir l’espace ou le rendre souple ou ferme.

En anglais simple : Material put inside something to take up space or make it soft or firm.

• The cushion has a soft filling.
• We replaced the filling in the old pillows.
• This jacket uses a light filling to keep you warm.

Synonymes : stuffing, padding, filler

Expressions courantes : cushion filling, foam filling, soft filling

rassasiant, nourrissant

Se dit d’un aliment qui donne l’impression d’avoir assez mangé.

En anglais simple : If food is like this, you feel you have eaten enough after eating it.

• This soup is very filling.
• We ate a filling breakfast before our walk.
• Beans make a cheap and filling lunch.

Synonymes : satisfying, hearty

Expressions courantes : filling meal, filling breakfast, very filling