home improvement

American  

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

noun

home improvements plural

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

Derived Forms

• home-improvement
  adjective

Inflected Forms

Nouns

• home improvements
  plural

Example Sentences

He has more than a decade's worth of experience covering tools, tech, culinary gear and home improvement products.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Households spent an average of almost $12,500 on home improvement, maintenance and emergency repairs last year, up from about $9,000 in 2019, according to survey data from Angi.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 21, 2026

He has described himself online as "now retired after spending 35 years in the home improvement industry and property investments".

From BBC • Jun. 5, 2026

A robust market for home sales typically drives more spending on home improvement costs as owners prepare to list or new owners customize.

From Barron's • Jun. 4, 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