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recycling

Noun masculine CEFR C2 Standard

Definitions

  1. The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
    countable, uncountable
  2. Those materials culled for recycling.
    uncountable
  3. Something made by recycling something else.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually

Equivalents

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Examples

“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."”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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See also

recycling bin recycling station recycling symbol recycling time recyclist recyclization

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