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• reno
  reno

  noun

  a renovation, as of a building or room.
• Reno
  Reno

  noun

  Janet, 1938–2016, U.S. lawyer: first woman U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001.

reno

¹ American  

[ren-oh] / ˈrɛn oʊ /

noun

• renos
  plural

1. Informal. a renovation, as of a building or room.

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Reno ² American  

[ree-noh] / ˈri noʊ /

noun

1. Janet, 1938–2016, U.S. lawyer: first woman U.S. attorney general, 1993–2001.

2. a city in W Nevada.

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Reno British  

/ ˈriːnəʊ /

noun

1. a city in W Nevada, at the foot of the Sierra Nevada: noted as a divorce, wedding, and gambling centre by reason of its liberal laws. Pop: 193 882 (2003 est)

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Reno Cultural  

1. City in western Nevada.

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Known for its gambling casinos and, in the first half of the twentieth century, for easily obtained divorces.

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Noun Inflected Forms

• renos
  plural

Etymology

Origin of reno

By shortening

Example Sentences

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York and his partner, Trish Svennungsen of Reliable Services, do small reno jobs and handyman work around unincorporated Kent and Covington.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 14, 2023

"Pleased, but not fully satisfied, I dove headfirst into Pinterest for Ikea-kitchen reno hacks but quickly found myself in over my head," Hysmith said.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2023

Home improvements - carrying out a "reno" is something of a national pastime - are becoming prohibitively expensive because of the spiralling cost of raw materials.

From BBC ● May 15, 2022

“Will The World of Interiors get a gut reno under Hamish Bowles?”

From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022

“He liked the work I did on those other two units so much, he wants me to reno the entire fifth floor.”

From "Red Flags and Butterflies" by Sheryl Azzam

“Repair is not this fully cathartic moment,” says Rachel Haack, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Reno, Nev., who works with families dealing with estrangement.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 10, 2026

These two shocking facts have been revealed by the diligent digging of finance professors Joshua White of Vanderbilt University and Sean Wilkoff of the University of Nevada, Reno.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 2026

While Burning Man is a “leave no trace” event, it still has a significant environmental impact, as reported recently by the Reno Gazette Journal.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Positron, based in Reno, Nev., is led by a team of executives that previously worked at cloud-computing firm Lambda and chip designer Groq.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

They aren’t asking me to move to Reno or pretending to be ghosts.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy