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filling

nounmasculine/ʁɨˈʃɐju/medium

re·chei·o

Definition

A substance or mixture of ingredients used to fill the inside of a food item, especially meats, cakes, or pastries.
The cake's filling is made of hazelnut cream.
She prepared a minced meat filling for the peppers.
Common collocations
meat fillingsweet fillingwithout fillingmake the filling

Etymology

Do verbo rechear, do latim re- + implere (encher).

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