| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | rec·re·ment |
| PRONUNCIATION: | r k r -m nt |
| NOUN: | Waste matter; dross. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin recr mentum : re-, re- + cernere, cr -, to separate; see krei- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | rec re·men tal (-m n tl) ADJECTIVE
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