Meaning of recycling | Babel Free
Definitions
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The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use. countable, uncountable
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Those materials culled for recycling. uncountable
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Something made by recycling something else. countable, figuratively, uncountable, usually
Equivalents
Azərbaycanca
təkrar emal
Български
рециклиране
Català
reciclatge
Čeština
recyklace
Ελληνικά
ανακύκλωση
Español
reciclaje
Eesti
jäätmekäitlus
فارسی
بازیافت
Français
Recyclage
Gàidhlig
ath-chuairteachadh
हिन्दी
पुनर्चक्रण
Magyar
újrahasznosítás
Íslenska
endurnýting
Italiano
riciclaggio dei rifiuti
한국어
재활용
Македонски
рециклирање
Português
reciclagem
Română
reciclare
Русский
втори́чная перерабо́тка
перерабо́тка отхо́дов
реци́клинг
рецикли́рование
рисайклинг
утилиза́ция отхо́дов
Slovenščina
recikliranje
Türkçe
geri dönüşüm
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.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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