Definitions for refinement

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refinement re·fine·ment

Spelling: [ri-fahyn-muh nt]

IPA: /rɪˈfaɪn mənt/

Refinement is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 262 anagrams from letters in refinement (eeefimnnrt).

Definitions for refinement

noun

1. fineness or elegance of feeling, taste, manners, language, etc.
2. an instance of refined feeling, manners, etc.
3. the act or process of refining.
4. the quality or state of being refined.
5. a subtle point or distinction.
6. subtle reasoning.
7. an improved, higher, or extreme form of something:
8. Mathematics. a set whose elements include the elements of a given set.

Origin of refinement

First recorded in 1605-15; refine + -ment

Examples for refinement

In this instance, the Ngram data offer a refinement, not a revelation.

The bride, Kamala, was exquisitely beautiful, but possessed none of the refinement prized by her in-laws.

Back in the USA, returning veterans found that the middle class had adopted the piano as a sign of refinement.

The refinement and the multiplicity of pleasures also diminish the attractions of marriage.

I am sick of Mrs General's good breeding and refinement, papa,' said Fanny. '

I desire to imitate the committee in their refinement and delicacy of distinction.

This was the world of Gustave H. our narrator assumes, one of refinement, poise, and impeccable service.

For a woman of her refinement, she had the strangest proclivity for low company!

Mrs. Rice is a lady of refinement, exemplary, and much beloved and respected.

They are the epitome of old-school rationality and refinement—or at least they were until now.