beam fill

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noun Building Trades.

material, as concrete, for filling spaces between beams or joists in or on top of a masonry wall.

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Origin of beam fill

First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English (in Anglo-Latin texts) bemfyllyng

But politicians abhor a rhetorical vacuum, and they have clamored to fill it.
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His regular partner was late that day, and Police Officer Wenjian Liu volunteered to fill in.
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It got so bad, that the school resorted to “Groupon-like services” to fill seats.
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To fill up the time till Liszt came, our hostess made us play, one after the other, beginning with the latest arrival.
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It was not an exalted niche to fill in life, but at least she had learned to fill it to perfection, and her ambitions were modest.
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The latter went immediately to look for his wife, and found her hidden in an attic, hanging to a beam.
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