refinement
Syllables: re·fine·ment/ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/
refinement noun: the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material.
Noun
refinement (countable and uncountable, plural refinements)
- The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- High-class style; cultivation.
- A fine or subtle distinction.
- A luxury.
- There was no bathroom in the cabin. Such refinements don't exist in the woods, apparently.1974 February 2, Nancy Walker, “Call of the Wild”, in Gay Community News, volume 1, number 32, page 11
- Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
- Synonyms:
- grooming
refinement meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
refinement in Hindi
- act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- शोधन śodhan, प्रसंस्करण prasanskaraṇ
refinement in Tamil
- கருத்துப் பண்பாடு, மெருகேறிய ஒழுகலாறு, சுத்திகரிப்பு
refinement in Urdu
- refinement
- سنسکار sanskār
refinement in Bengali
- refinement
- সংস্কার śoṅskar
More languagesFewer languages
- refinement in Telugu
- టంకుతనము ṭaṅkutanamu, నాణెము nāṇemu, సంస్కారము saṁskāramu
- refinement in Malayalam
- ശുദ്ധത, സ്ഫുടത, സ്വച്ഛത
- refinement in Kannada
- ಶುದ್ಧಿ, ಶುದ್ಧೀಕರಣ, ಪರಿಷ್ಕರಣ, ಸಂಸ್ಕರಣ ವಿಧಾನ
- refinement in Arabic
- تَكْرِير takrīr
Examples of refinement in a sentence
- His connoisseurly refinement helped him to gain our respect.
- Finally, a Tang mortuary tablet seals the impression of unity and refinement in its copious brocadelike relief.
- Like the Linean system for categorizing organisms, the assembly taxonomy is flexible, allowing for future refinement.
Synonyms of refinement
Forms of refinement
| plural | refinements |
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Origin of refinement
From refine + -ment.
Words formed from refinement
Words that rhyme with refinement
Questions about refinement
- What does refinement mean?
- Refinement means the act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material.
- What is refinement in Hindi?
- Refinement in Hindi is शोधन (śodhan), प्रसंस्करण (prasanskaraṇ). See Refinement meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is refinement?
- Refinement is a noun.
- How do you pronounce refinement?
- Refinement is pronounced /ɹəˈfaɪnmənt/.
- What is the plural of refinement?
- The plural of refinement is refinements.
Words near refinement in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: refinement (page history and authors); refinement (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); سنسکار (Urdu) (page history and authors); সংস্কার (Bengali) (page history and authors); టంకుతనము (Telugu) (page history and authors); refinement (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); refinement (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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