spacefiller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A stamp in poor condition used to fill a space in an album until a better quality example becomes available, or if the better example is prohibitively expensive.
  2. A pattern that grows quadratically by filling space with still life.

Word forms

spacefiller spacefillers

Etymology

From space + filler.

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