Recycling
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Recycling is a noun meaning The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
Meaning
The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
More Meanings
- (uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.
- (usually figurative) Something made by recycling something else.
- present participle and gerund of recycle
Example Sentences
He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
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."
Word Forms
- recyclings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include reuse, reprocess, recycler, recyclable, recyclability, reusability.
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