refill
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɹiː.fɪl/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯.fɪɫ]
- (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA(key): [-fɪo̯], [-fɪʊ̯]
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
refill (plural refills)
- A filling after the first.
- An additional helping of food or drink.
- Today it is $2 for a coffee, with free refills throughout the day.
- 1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue:
- "Oh, gosh," he groaned, "and I'd have given anything for a refill of that suet! It was the wizardest muck we've had this week."
- (medicine, pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.
- A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment.
- We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills.
Derived terms
Translations
a filling after the first
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product containing replacement materials
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɪl/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɪl
Verb
refill (third-person singular simple present refills, present participle refilling, simple past and past participle refilled)
- To fill up once again.
- Can you refill my cup please? I've finished my coffee.
- (medicine, pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.
Translations
Icelandic
Etymology
Related to trefill (“fringe”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈrɛːvɪtl/
- Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl
Declension
Further reading
- “refill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Portuguese
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