refinement
Academic Word List, sublist 9.
About 4.24 uses per million words.
Meaning
- noun The act, or the result of refining; the removal of impurities, or a purified material
- noun High-class style; cultivation.
- noun A fine or subtle distinction.
- noun A luxury.
- noun Synonym of grooming (“review and prioritization process”).
Similar words
refining shade breeding elaboration nuance nicety subtlety gentility genteelness polish
Often followed by
of and in is to which that or was
Word family
refine refined refinements refines refining
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