ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. (uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.
  2. (usually figurative) Something made by recycling something else.
  3. 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

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reuse, reprocess, recycler, recyclable, recyclability, reusability.

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