infill

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
9
Words With Friends
12
Letters
6

Definition of infill

5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

verb

  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
    “Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.”
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verb

  1. To fill in a space, hole or gap.
    “Here the original drawing is shown in grey and the infilled tracing in black. The lettering can be further refined and, unlike ink-based artwork, can be rekerned without being redrawn.”
  2. To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
    “Government needs to provide certainty to the rail freight industry with infill electrification programmes [...]. "First, it's about Government committing to infill electrification so we can do things with the locomotives we already have, and then a rolling plan of electrification."”
  2. (countable, uncountable)The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.
  3. (alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable)Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”).
    “Hinton and I were briefed at the TOC and received maps of our AO to memorize and mark with codes for the primary and secondary LZs for infill and exfill.”
    “Pedestrian infill/exfill from Atwater Street”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From in + fill.

Words you can make from infill

10 playable · top: FILL (7 pts)

Best play fill 7 points

4-letter words

1 word

3-letter words

5 words

2-letter words

3 words

Hooks

1 extension · 1 back

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