To fill in a space, hole or gap.
Used in a Sentence
infill
Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for infill.
Editorial note
Raising property taxes 50% to 2000%(!) would simultaneously cover that revenue shortfall, discourage suburban sprawl and encourage infill.
Examples16
Definitions4
Parts of speech2
Quick take
To fill in a space, hole or gap.
Meaning at a glance
The clearest senses and uses of infill gathered in one view.
That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”).
Definitions
Core meanings and parts of speech for infill.
verb
To fill in a space, hole or gap.
noun
That which fills in a space, hole or gap.
noun
Alternative form of infil (“infiltration”).
verb
(urban studies) To rededicate land in an urban environment to new construction.
Example sentences
Raising property taxes 50% to 2000%(!) would simultaneously cover that revenue shortfall, discourage suburban sprawl and encourage infill.
Not terribly big effect, but it actually helps a lot for low infill parts and stuff.
Subsidies for expansion certainly matter, but even without them there are substantial incentives to choose sprawl over infill and development.
The city can be affordable as hell, but there is a lot of urban infill starting (rather than building more surburbs).
It'd be interesting to see some of Soleri's concepts expressed with an urban infill project.
In other words: it depends on infill percent/pattern and model location on the build platform.
If you want to improve things, fight for local city governments to stop their idiotic policies against infill development and public services.
Our Realtor helped us find a nice infill development by a very flexible builder.
The trend in timber framing has been to use structural insulating panels (which are actually pretty good and also, funnily enough, insulate) for infill between the timbers.
Large urban centers in coastal California have very low per-capita environmental impact compared to sub/exurban development of farmland that the anti-density crowd substitutes for responsible infill development and upzoning.
New subway and BRT lines, infill development, upgrading properties, and progressive transit and construction planning keep the place getting better to live in and easier to get around every year.
The only reason to eliminate those features is so that you are locked into using their consumables (or maybe to avoid some patent issue in the case of the variable infill).
Quote examples
That guarantees population increases will require "infill" and that's exactly what's happening.
I've considered a tiny house as an option for infill granny unit, the "infrastructure" costs were more than the unit itself.
From experience a pla cup with less than 100% infill will "drink" it's liquid into its interior and have to hope like hell that it hasn't been drinking milk or a substance that rots similarly.
Proper noun examples
Infill also mean's Perth's roads are far busier than before.
Frequently asked questions
Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.
How do you use infill in a sentence?
Raising property taxes 50% to 2000%(!) would simultaneously cover that revenue shortfall, discourage suburban sprawl and encourage infill.
What does infill mean?
To fill in a space, hole or gap.
What part of speech is infill?
infill is commonly used as verb, noun.