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refill¹

  • /ˈɹiː.fɪl/
  • [ˈɹʷɪi̯.fɪɫ]
  • [-fɪo̯]
  • [-fɪʊ̯]

noun 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.
  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. A repeat of a prescription.
  5. An act or process of refilling. capillary refill

    Similar: refilling

refill²

  • /ˌɹiːˈfɪl/

Rhymes with -ɪl

verb refills · refilling · refilled

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

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: replenish, fill again, regenerate, renewing, renewal, top-up, complete, fulfill, charge, add, filler, infill, papers, fill, backfill, populate

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noun additional helping

Españolrefill, reservida, rehenchimiento, refil
한국어리필 ripil
日本語お代わり o-kawari, リフィル rifiru
Portuguêsrefill
DeutschNachschlag
Русскийдоба́вка dobávka

noun refuelling

DeutschTanken

noun product containing replacement materials

Italianoricarica, cartuccia
Ελληνικάανταλλακτικό antallaktikó

noun repeat prescription

DeutschWiederholungsrezept

verb to fill up again

Españolrellenar, reservir, rehenchir
Portuguêsreencher
Françaisreremplir
Deutschnachfüllen

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@misc{refill_2026,
  title = {refill},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/refill},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}