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  • 1filling — n. (dental) 1) to put in a filling 2) to cement a filling 3) a broken, cracked filling 4) a permanent; temporary filling 5) a filling breaks, cracks; chips; falls out * * * [ fɪlɪŋ] chips crackedfilling cracks falls out …

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  • 2cement — cementable, adj. cementer, n. cementless, adj. /si ment /, n. 1. any of various calcined mixtures of clay and limestone, usually mixed with water and sand, gravel, etc., to form concrete, that are used as a building material. 2. any of various… …

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  • 3Cement (film) — Infobox Film name = Cement caption = DVD cover of Cement director = Adrian Pasdar producer = D.J. Paul Adrian Pasdar writer = Justin Monjo starring = Chris Penn Jeffrey Wright Sherilyn Fenn Anthony DeSando Henry Czerny music = cinematography =… …

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  • 4filling — /fil ing/, n. 1. an act or instance of filling. 2. something that is put in to fill something else: They used sand as filling for the depression. 3. Dentistry. a substance such as cement, amalgam, gold, or the like, used to fill a cavity caused… …

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  • 5cement — ce|ment1 [sıˈment] n [U] [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: ciment, from Latin caementum small pieces of stone used in making mortar , from caedere to cut ] 1.) a grey powder made from ↑lime and clay that becomes hard when it is mixed with… …

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  • 6cement — n. & v. n. 1 a powdery substance made by calcining lime and clay, mixed with water to form mortar or used in concrete (see also Portland cement). 2 any similar substance that hardens and fastens on setting. 3 a uniting factor or principle. 4 a… …

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  • 7filling — Lay term for a dental restoration. * * * fill·ing fil iŋ n 1) material (as gold or amalgam) used to fill a cavity in a tooth 2) simple sporadic lymphangitis of the leg of a horse commonly due to overfeeding and insufficient exercise * * * n. (in… …

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  • 8cement — 1. A layer of bonelike mineralized tissue covering the dentin of the root and neck of a tooth that serves to anchor the fibers of the periodontal ligament. SYN: cementum [TA], substantia ossea dentis, tooth c.. 2. In …

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  • 9filling — /ˈfɪlɪŋ / (say filing) noun 1. that which is put in to fill something: the filling of a pie. 2. a substance in plastic form, as cement, amalgam, or gold foil, used to close a cavity in a tooth. 3. → cake filling. 4. soil, rock or rubbish used to… …

  • 10cement — ce·ment || sɪ ment n. concrete, mortar; bonding agent; filling (for teeth) v. coat with cement, fill with cement; bind together with cement; reinforce …

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