refill

From re- (“again”) +‎ fill (noun).

• IPA^(key): /ˈɹiː.fɪl/, [ˈɹʷɪi̯.fɪɫ]
  • (l-vocalizing: UK, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA^(key): [-fɪo̯], [-fɪʊ̯]

• Audio (Southern England):

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refill (plural refills)

1. That which serves to refill or replace something.
   1. An additional helping of food or drink at reduced cost.

      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."

      • 2022 July 6, Justin McCurry, “Free noodles offered as Japan wrestles with low youth turnout for elections”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

        Ippudo, which operates 50 ramen shops across the country, is offering endless free noodle refills for a fortnight from election day on Sunday until 24 July, the Mainichi Shimbun said, provided they could show proof that they had voted.

   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. (medicine, pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.
2. An act or process of refilling.

   Synonym: refilling

   capillary 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 and Analysis (WCAP), volume 8793, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Nuclear Energy Systems:

     […] the modified UHI correlation captures 80 percent of the total data and thus provides a conservative estimate of the heat transfer during UHI refill.

   • 1990, United States. Department of the Army, Department of the Army technical manual, volumes Organizational and Direct Support Maintenance Manual (including Repair Parts and Special Tools Lists) for Army Oil Analysis Sampling Valves, Army Oil Analysis Program, Nonaeronautical Equipment (combat, Tactical, and Special Purpose Vehicles), numbers 2300-2423, Headquarters, Department of the Army, pages 2-58:

     After refill, start engine and observe installed fittings and valve to make certain there are no leaks.

   • 2010 October 11, “Is sugar the new plastic?”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     Of course, the most efficient, money-saving option of all is straightforward refill. Ecover launched a redesign of their refill system in health food shops in 2009, which they're hoping to distribute more widely soon.

   • 2018, Ross R. Allen, Gary Dispoto, Eric Hanson, John D, Meyer, Nathan Moroney, “Inkjet”, in Mitchell Rosen, Noboru Ohta, editor, Color Desktop Printer Technology, page 120:

     During refill, the drop generator acts like a simple fluid mechanical oscillator

From re- (“again”) +‎ fill (verb).

• IPA^(key): /ˌɹiːˈfɪl/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪl

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. (medicine, pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.

• “refill”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

• Filler, filler, fillér

Related to trefill (“fringe”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛːvɪtl/
• Rhymes: -ɛːvɪtl

refill m (genitive singular refils, nominative plural reflar)

1. tapestry

• “refill” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Unadapted borrowing from English refill.

refill m (plural refills)

1. a refill, especially a free refill of food or drink at a restaurant