to refurnish
- verb
- /ˌriːˈfɜrnɪʃ/
- We decided to refurnish the living room with a new couch and coffee table.
- refurnish the living room
- refurnish a home
- refurnishing that house
Examples
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After the renovation, they chose to refurnish the entire house with modern furniture.
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But she had this dream; she had to refurnish all the furniture in this one building.
Fiction book (1997) -
You know, she loved to refurnish furniture.
Fiction book (1997) -
You know, we should start by refurnishing this awful room.
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" They sure didn't refurnish.
Fiction book (1992) -
Uh, I was just saying that I'm staying here for a few days while my apartment's being refurnished.
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Poor defense contractors not being able to make the payments on their yachts or refurnish their second dream homes on the private islands that they own, on the other hand, is the real tragedy here.
Blog text (17) -
If a house burns down, the cost maxes out at rebuilding and refurnishing.
Blog text (14) -
It was refurnished.
Fiction book (2000) -
She finally managed to refurnish her studio apartment to make it more comfortable.
Synonyms
To repair and improve a building or room so it looks new again
To change the inside of a room by adding new paint, wallpaper, or furniture
To make something clean and like new by fixing or decorating it
Change parts of a room or building to make it look new
Make a room or building better by fixing and changing it
How Furnished
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Etymology
Refurnish is made from the prefix re- meaning 'again' and furnish, which is the same root as furniture and means 'to provide' or put furniture into a room. So to refurnish is simply to 'furnish again' — to put in new or different furniture.