recycling

CEFRB1

/riˈsaɪkəlɪŋ/

noun · verb

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The process of treating used materials for new use.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Something made by recycling something else.

Examples

  • He and I discussed the waste problem in terms of recycling.

  • We must think about recycling energy.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Those materials culled for recycling.

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

verb

Extra meaning

  1. present participle and gerund of recycle

More examples

In context

  • 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."

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

The city's new waste program focuses on blank plastic and paper to reduce landfill.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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