RECYCLING

recycling

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

recycling

(noun) used or abandoned materials for use in creating new products; “Every Monday, we put our recycling out on the curb for pick-up”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

recycling (countable and uncountable, plural recyclings)

The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

(uncountable) Those materials culled for recycling.

Verb

recycling

present participle of recycle

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

5 October 2024

FUTON

(noun) mattress consisting of a pad of cotton batting that is used for sleeping on the floor or on a raised frame


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Coffee Trivia

The word “coffee” entered the English language in 1582 via the Dutch “koffie,” borrowed from the Ottoman Turkish “kahve,” borrowed in turn from the Arabic “qahwah.” The Arabic word qahwah was traditionally held to refer to a type of wine.

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