re-use
Speech parts
1. re-use - Noun
2. re-use - Verb
Meaning
re-use (plural re-uses)
Alternative spelling of reuse
re-use (third-person singular simple present re-uses, present participle re-using, simple past and past participle re-used)
Alternative spelling of reuse
Synonyms
Examples
Although the external tanks were always discarded, it would have been possible to take them into orbit and re-use them (such as for incorporation into a space station).
All non-radioactive material in the remainder of the vessel will be recycled for re-use by conventional ship-breaking techniques.
An internal angled firing pin allowed the re-use of the rifle's existing side-hammer.
Bullet pullers are also used to disassemble loaded ammunition of questionable provenance or undesirable configuration, so that the components can be salvaged for re-use.
Co-operative manager Guido Verbist said the group had plenty of volunteers with a variety of skills and backgrounds who offered their services as people realised it was better to re-use and repair rather than throw away.
Many of science fiction's triumphs, even from as little as ten years ago, are unreadable today; they were shoddily put together, not meant for re-use.