recycling

Speech parts

1. recycling - Noun

2. recycling - Verb

Meaning

the act of processing used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

use convert treatment cycle save agriculture conversion recovery waste handling improvement recover debris disposal garbage

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Antonyms

base basis loss blight damage root

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Hypernyms

use material usage employment exercise stuff

Hyponyms

bottle collection

Phrases with the word

cash-recycling machines recycling box glass recycling container my recycling bin nitrogen recycling

Examples

We don't need any more heroes; we just need someone to take out the recycling. Banksy

Minerva save us from the cloying syrup of coercive compassion! What feminism does not need, it seems to me, is an endless recycling of Doris Day Fifties clichés about noble womanhood. Camille Paglia

You have to keep recycling yourself. Chuck Palahniuk

One sort of believes in recycling. But one believes in it as a kind of palliative to the gods. Fay Weldon

But as population became denser, the natural chemical and biological recycling processes became overloaded, calling for a redefinition of property rights. Garrett Hardin

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. Neil LaBute

Close letter words and terms

recycled paper recycler recyclic recycling bin recycling box recycling plant