recycling
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recycling
noun recyclings
- The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.
- Those materials culled for recycling. He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday.
- 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."
verb
- present participle and gerund of recycle
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: reuse, reprocess, recycler, recyclable, recyclability, reusability, refurbishment, recirculation, reusing, re-use, refresher, retraining, reconstitution, redirection, retrain, recoverability
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noun the practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use
| Español | reciclaje |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 재활용 jaehwaryong |
| 日本語 | リサイクル risaikuru, 再使用 saishiyō, リユース riyūsu, 再利用 sairiyō |
| 中文 | 回收 huíshōu, 資源回收再利用 /资源回收再利用 zīyuán huíshōu zài lìyòng, 循環再造 /循环再造 xúnhuán zàizào |
| हिन्दी | पुनर्चक्रण punarcakraṇ |
| Português | reciclagem |
| Français | recyclage |
| Deutsch | Recycling, Wiederverwertung |
| Italiano | riciclaggio dei rifiuti |
| Ελληνικά | ανακύκλωση anakýklosi |
| Română | reciclare |
| Русский | перерабо́тка отхо́дов pererabótka otxódov, втори́чная перерабо́тка vtoríčnaja pererabótka, реци́клинг recíkling, рецикли́рование reciklírovanije, утилиза́ция отхо́дов utilizácija otxódov, риса́йклинг risájkling |
| العربية | إِعَادَةْ تَدْوِير ʔiʕādat tadwīr |
Talk about this word "recycling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/recycling. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. recycling. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/recycling "recycling." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/recycling.Cite this
@misc{recycling_2026,
title = {recycling},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/recycling},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
