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# refurbishment

noun (a refurbishment, refurbishments; also uncountable)

«refurbishment» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Refurbishment is the work of repairing, cleaning and redecorating a building or room so it looks and works like new. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#m1)
2. A refurbishment is one such job, for example on a library, a shop or a school hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#m2)
3. The repairing and cleaning of a used machine, such as a phone or computer, so it can be sold again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#m3)

### In the lessons

Seen on signs («Closed for refurbishment») and in news about schools, swimming pools and shops. In everyday life a «refurbished» phone or laptop is a used one fixed up and sold cheaper. In stories it tells the reader a place is being made new. Phrases: «closed for refurbishment», «undergo a refurbishment», «a major refurbishment».

### Examples

- The swimming pool is closed for refurbishment until after the holidays. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x1)
- The school library had a refurbishment, and now it has bright beanbags. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x2)
- The refurbishment of the old cinema took many months. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x3)
- Mum bought a refurbished laptop because it was cheaper. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x4)
- During the refurbishment, our class had lessons in the hall. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x5)
- The museum reopened after a big refurbishment. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x6)
- Builders carried out the refurbishment of the playground toilets. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/#x7)

### Note

From the verb «refurbish» (refurbish, refurbishes, refurbished, refurbishing) and adjective «refurbished». Longer and more formal than «doing up» (UK) or «fixing up» (US). Not the same as «rebuilding»: refurbishment keeps the building and renews the inside.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «refurbishment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/refurbishment/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«refurbishment» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/refurbishment.html) on Mova free.