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🔄 To fill again 💊 Extra medicine 📦 Replacement supply
refill

refill

41 2.1
An extra supply of medicine from a pharmacy after the first runs out
  • noun
  • /ˈriːfɪl/
  • US
translation icon : renovación (de receta)
  • I chatted with Emma for an hour, finished my stew and the free refill she ladled out, along with more coffee.
  • prescription refill
  • refill request
  • automatic refill

Examples

  • Jo-Bu needs a refill!

    Major League (1989)

  • A refill, ma'am.

    Trick or Treats (1982)

  • Click the link below to get your first refill pack on us.

  • I got a birth control refill with me.

    Tell It Like a Woman (2022)

  • Can I get a refill, please?

    The Last Kung Fu Monk (2010)

  • Bill had lost his appetite; he only asked for a refill of his coffee.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • A refill on the kid's allergy prescription.

    Big Momma's House (2000)

  • The waitress pours a refill for both men, Vincent.

    Fiction book (1994)

  • You'll get your first refill pack for free with an electric Quip toothbrush.

  • James Lawler went to his usual Douglasville drugstore last week for a refill of his anti-seizure medicine.

Synonyms

resupply
vsrefill
10 3.9

A delivery of more food, water, or equipment when things run low

is used for giving more of a prescribed drug after the initial supply
replenishment
vsrefill
4 4.9

Filling something again by giving more of what was used

is specifically about replacing a used prescription drug amount

How Much

refill
  • US
41 2.1
dose
345 3.3

Surface Forms

refill singular
refills plural

Morphology

refill = refill (semi-transparent) = re + fill

The noun is a straightforward conversion from the verb 'refill', and the underlying 're- + fill' structure is clear, though the prescription-drug sense is specialized.

Etymology

Refill as a noun uses the same parts, re- 'again' and fill 'to make full', and it means another supply of your medicine that the pharmacy gives you when the first supply is used up.