DIYnoun [ U ]
uk/ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ/us/ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ/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
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- 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.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Building: interior decoration
- calk
- caulk
- color scheme
- colour scheme
- cornice
- do sth out
- feng shui
- flock wallpaper
- greenery
- grout
- masking tape
- moulding
- paint
- paint stripper
- painter
- paper
- stripper
- wall hanging
- wallpaper
- whitewash
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DIYer
noun [ C ] also DIY-er uk/ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ.ər//ˌdiː.aɪˈwaɪ.ɚ/
A drill is a basic requirement for any DIYer.