recycling en · NOUN
Pronunciation
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Meanings
- (countable, uncountable) The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
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(uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.
He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
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(countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually) 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."
1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, →ISBN, page 250:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| recyclings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
aspirational recycling · wishcycling · recycling bin · nonrecycling · recycling symbol · e-recycling · recycling station · wishful recycling · grasscycling · biorecycling · antirecycling · peecycling · recycling time
Translations (61)
az utilizasiya (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nrf èrcycliéthie (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ja リユース (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · kl atoqqiineq (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru рецикли́рование (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · sv återvinning (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · de Wiederverwertung (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · fo endurnýtsla (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru перерабо́тка отхо́дов (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ko 재활용 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · gd ath-chuairteachadh (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · pl recykling (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · cmn 回收 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · sv återanvändning (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ja 再利用 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru утилиза́ция отхо́дов (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · el ανακύκλωση (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nb resirkulering (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ar إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · de Recycling (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · gl reciclaxe (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · da genbrug (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · tr geri dönüşüm (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · is endurnýting (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ga athchúrsáil (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · cmn 資源回收再利用 /资源回收再利用 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru риса́йклинг (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · fa بازیافت (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · hi पुनर्चक्रण (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru реци́клинг (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · mk рециклирање (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · it riciclaggio dei rifiuti (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ka გადამუშავება (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · es reciclaje (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nb gjenbruk (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · pl recyklizacja (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · hu újrahasznosítás (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ro reciclare (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ta மறுசுழற்சி (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nl recyclage (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ja 再使用 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · mk рецикла́жа (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ru втори́чная перерабо́тка (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · cmn 循環再造 /循环再造 (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · da genanvendelse (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nl recycling (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · fi kierrätys (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ca reciclatge (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · fi kierrättäminen (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · pt reciclagem (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · az təkrar emal (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · sl recikliranje (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · fr recyclage (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ka ნარჩენების გადამუშავება (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · et jäätmekäitlus (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · nrf èrcycliage (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · ja リサイクル (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · sh recikliranje (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · sh рециклирање (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · cs recyklace (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use) · bg рецикли́ране (the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use)