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Meaning of recycling | Babel Free

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

العربية إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير الإعادة تدوير
Azərbaycanca təkrar emal
Български рециклиране
Bosanski recikliranje рециклирање
Català reciclatge
Čeština recyklace recyklační
Dansk genanvendelse genbrug
Deutsch Recycling Regenerierung Wiedergewinnung Wiederverwendung Wiederverwertung
Ελληνικά ανακύκληση ανακύκλωση
Español reciclaje
Eesti jäätmekäitlus
فارسی بازیافت
Suomi kierrättäminen kierrätys
Français Recyclage
Gàidhlig ath-chuairteachadh
עברית מיחזור
हिन्दी पुनर्चक्रण
Hrvatski recikliranje рециклирање
Magyar újrahasznosítás
Íslenska endurnýting
Italiano riciclaggio dei rifiuti
日本語 リサイクル リユース 再使用 再利用
ქართული გადამუშავება ნარჩენების გადამუშავება
한국어 재활용
Македонски рециклирање
Nederlands recyclage recycling
Polski recykling recyklizacja
Português reciclagem
Română reciclare
Русский втори́чная перерабо́тка перерабо́тка отхо́дов реци́клинг рецикли́рование рисайклинг утилиза́ция отхо́дов
Slovenščina recikliranje
Српски recikliranje рециклирање
Svenska återanvändning återvinning retur
Türkçe geri dönüşüm
Українська переробка

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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