home improvement

American  

[hohm-im-proov-muhnt] / ˈhoʊm ɪmˈpruv mənt /

noun

plural

home improvements

1. the practice or an instance of making renovations to one's house to make it larger, more pleasant, or more valuable.

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adjective

1. Also, home-improvement. relating to or used for the renovation of houses to make them larger, more pleasant, or more valuable.

Other Word Forms

• home-improvement
  adjective

Example Sentences

It’s your friend’s dad who’s always around to help fix whatever home improvement, automobile, or general adulting problem you have.

From Salon • Apr. 28, 2026

Spending at electronics & appliance stores, as well as home improvement and garden centers, also saw a small monthly bump.

From Barron's • Apr. 21, 2026

Retailer Topps Tiles has announced it will close 23 stores in the face of a tougher home improvement market and rising costs.

From BBC • Apr. 1, 2026

“They sell flash cards that are like the Farrow & Ball paint chips you get for home improvement projects,” he says.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 30, 2026

Sometimes I’d find him in home improvement, sometimes in philosophy, sometimes in fiction, his arms straining under the weight of all the books he was considering buying.

From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson