REFILL

refill

(noun) a commercial product that refills a container with its appropriate contents; “he got a refill for his ball-point pen”; “he got a refill for his notebook”

refill

(noun) a prescription drug that is provided again; “he got a refill of his prescription”; “the prescription specified only one refill”

replenish, refill, fill again

(verb) fill something that had previously been emptied; “refill my glass, please”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology 1

Noun

refill (plural refills)

A filling after the first.

(medicine, pharmacy) A repeat of a prescription.

A product containing materials to replace those used up by a piece of equipment.

Etymology 2

Verb

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

To fill up once again.

(medicine, pharmacy) To repeat a prescription.

Anagrams

• Filler, filler, fillĂ©r

Source: Wiktionary


Re*fill" (r*fl"), v. t. & i.

Definition: To fill, or become full, again.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.

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