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refill

/ˈɹiː.fɪl/

refill noun: an additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.

Noun

refill (plural refills)

  1. An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
    • Today it is $2 for a coffee, with free refills throughout the day.
    • "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."1951, Anthony Buckeridge, Jennings Follows a Clue
  2. Refuelling, fuel to refill an empty fuel tank (of a vehicle or machine) or other fuel container.
    • Tank's empty. We need to go for a refill.
  3. A product intended to replace the used contents of a container or the exhausted supply of a device.
    • We're cutting back. No new printers or pens, just refills.
  4. (pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.
  5. An act or process of refilling.
    • capillary refill
    • […] the modified UHI correlation captures 80 percent of the total data and thus provides a conservative estimate of the heat transfer during UHI refill.1976, L. E. Hochreiter, B. A. McIntyre, E. R. Rosal, M. Y. Young, R. R. Fayfich, R. P. Vijuk; Westinghouse Nuclear Energy Systems, U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, G-2, 17x17 Refill Heat Transfer Tests...
    Synonyms:
    refilling

Verb

IPA/ˌɹiːˈfɪl/

refill (third-person singular simple present refills, present participle refilling, simple past and past participle refilled)

  1. To fill up once again.
    • Can you refill my cup please? I've finished my coffee.
  2. (pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.

refill meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

refill in Hindi

रिफिल करें

refill in Tamil

மறு செறிவு

refill in Urdu

دوبارہ بھرنا

refill in Bengali

পুনরায় পূর্ণ করার কাজ, প্রক্রিয়া, পুনরায় পূর্ণ করা
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refill in Telugu
రీఫిల్ చేయండి, తిరిగి నింపండి, రీఫిల్ చేయడానికి
refill in Malayalam
റീഫിൽ ചെയ്യുക, റീഫില്ല് ചെയ്യുക, റീഫിൽ ചെയ്യാൻ
refill in Kannada
ಮರುಪೂರಣ, ರೀಫಿಲ್ ಮಾಡಿ, ಮರುಪೂರಣ ಮಾಡಿ
refill in Punjabi
ਰਿਫਿਲ ਕਰੋ, ਰੀਫਿਲ ਕਰੋ, ਰਿਫਿਲ ਕਰਨਾ
refill in Gujarati
ફેરભરણી pherbharṇī
refill in Odia
ରିଫିଲ୍ କରନ୍ତୁ, ପୁନଃପୂରଣ
refill in Nepali
थप्नु thapnu

Examples of refill in a sentence

  • They are getting free refills at a diner.2026 July 9, Sophie Haigney, “World Cup Tourists Are Giving Americans Exactly What We Crave”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
  • After refill, start engine and observe installed fittings and valve to make certain there are no leaks.1990, United States. Department of the Army, Department of the Army technical manual, volumes Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance...
  • Of course, the most efficient, money-saving option of all is straightforward refill.2010 October 11, “Is sugar the new plastic?”, in The Guardian:
  • During refill, the drop generator acts like a simple fluid mechanical oscillator2018, Ross R. Allen, Gary Dispoto, Eric Hanson, John D, Meyer, Nathan Moroney, “Inkjet”, in Mitchell Rosen, Noboru Ohta, editor, Color...

All 34 example sentences with refill

Synonyms of refill

Forms of refill

Noun
pluralrefills
Verb
third-person singular presentrefills
present participlerefilling
past participlerefilled
pastrefilled

Past tense of refill: refilled

Plural of refill: refills

Origin of refill

From re- (“again”) + fill (noun).

From re- (“again”) + fill (verb).

Words formed from refill

Words that rhyme with refill

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Questions about refill

What does refill mean?
Refill means an additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.
What is refill in Hindi?
Refill in Hindi is रिफिल करें. See Refill meaning in Hindi.
How do you use refill in a sentence?
They are getting free refills at a diner.
What part of speech is refill?
Refill can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce refill?
Refill is pronounced /ˈɹiː.fɪl/.
What is the plural of refill?
The plural of refill is refills.

Words near refill in the dictionary

  1. refiler
  2. refilers
  3. refiles
  4. refiling
  5. refilings
  6. refill
  7. refillability
  8. refillable
  9. refillables
  10. refilled
  11. refiller

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: refill (page history and authors); refill (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refill (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refill (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refill (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refill (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refill (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refill (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); refill (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ફેરભરણી (Gujarati) (page history and authors); refill (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); थप्नु (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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