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recycling

noun

Simple meaning

Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products.

Pronunciation

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reesykuhling

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ɹiˈsaɪkəlɪŋ

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Definition

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noun

  1. usually figurative

    Something made by recycling something else.

  2. Used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

    “Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up.”

  3. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

  4. uncountable

    Those materials culled for recycling.

Word at a Glance

Difficulty
A2 · Elementary (estimated)
Frequency
Common
Typical Use
General English

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  • “Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up.”noun

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Inflected forms

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  • recycleverbBase word

    Cause to repeat a cycle.

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  • recycling binnounCompound term

    A bin for depositing things to be recycled.

  • recycling plantnounCompound term

    A plant for reprocessing used or abandoned materials.

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