recycling

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English

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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recycling (countable and uncountable, plural recyclings)

  1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
  2. (uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.
    He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
  3. (usually figurative) Something made by recycling something else.
    • 1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 250:
      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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Verb

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recycling

  1. present participle and gerund of recycle

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English recycling or from recyclen +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /riˈsaːi.k(ə.)lɪŋ/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: re‧cy‧cling

Noun

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recycling f (plural recyclings)

  1. recycling
    Synonym: recyclage

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