infill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.58 in modern English
9
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.
noun
The redecoration of a fingernail or toenail after it has grown, to prevent an unsightly gap.
Countable; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "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.""
- "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"
Etymology
From in + fill.