DIY | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of DIY in English DIYnoun [ U ] uk /ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ/ us /ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ/ Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for do-it-yourself: the activity of decorating or repairing your home, or making things for your home yourself, rather than paying someone else to do it for you: a DIY enthusiast a DIY project

• The people who owned the house before us were very keen on DIY and made a lot of changes.
• My husband is hopeless at DIY and could never put up a shelf or wallpaper a room.

Building: interior decoration

• aesthetic
• backsplash
• boho
• caulk
• chinoiserie
• flock wallpaper
• flocked wallpaper
• furbish
• gesso
• greenery
• overdecorate
• overdecoration
• paint
• paint stripper
• painter
• uncurtained
• undecorated
• ungarnished
• wabi sabi
• wall hanging

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DIYer (Definition of DIY from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

DIY | Business English

DIYnoun [ U ] UK uk /ˌdiːaɪˈwaɪ/ us Add to word list Add to word list abbreviation for do-it-yourself: the activity of decorating or repairing your home, or making things for your home yourself, rather than paying someone else to do it for you: building materials and DIY products the DIY business/market/sector a DIY chain/retailer/superstore DIYadjective [ before noun ] uk /ˌdiːaɪˈwaɪ/ us abbreviation for do-it-yourself: done or made without paying someone else to do it: This software is ideal for small businesses who do DIY accounts. (Definition of DIY from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) What is the pronunciation of DIY?

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in Chinese (Traditional) 自己動手，自助（do-it-yourself的縮寫）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 自己动手，自助（do-it-yourself的缩写）… See more in Spanish forma abreviada de "do-it-yourself":, bricolaje… See more in Portuguese faça-você-mesmo, bricolagem, faça você mesmo… See more in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Czech in Danish in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Korean in Ukrainian in Italian 日曜大工、DIY… See more evde küçük tamiratların yapılması fikrine dayanan faaliyet, Dekor, İnşaat Yap (DIY)… See more bricolage… See more bricolatge… See more doe-het-zelf… See more kutilský, kutilství… See more gør-det-selv… See more buat sendiri… See more ทำด้วยตัวเอง… See more tự phục vụ… See more zrób to sam, majsterkowanie, samoobsługowy… See more gör-det-själv… See more membuat dengan sendiri… See more Do-It-Yourself… See more gjør det selv… See more 디아이와이, 소비자가 직접 하는 것… See more “зроби сам”… See more fai-da-te, bricolage, fai da te… See more Need a translator?

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