recycling
B1
noun
verb
Freq #13403
Meanings
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1
noun
Those materials culled for recycling.
He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
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2
noun
Something made by recycling something else.
Eddie Holman is still best remembered for his soulful, falsettoed/sex-changed recycling of Ruby & The Romantics' big-time smoothie from 1963, "Hey There Lonely Boy."
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3
noun
the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products
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4
noun
The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
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5
verb
present participle and gerund of recycle
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antirecyclingbiorecyclinge-recyclinggrasscyclingnonrecyclingpeecyclingwishcycling