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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
recycle
 
SYLLABICATION:re·cy·cle
PRONUNCIATION:  r-skl
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: re·cy·cled, re·cy·cling, re·cy·cles
1. To put or pass through a cycle again, as for further treatment. 2. To start a different cycle in. 3a. To extract useful materials from (garbage or waste). b. To extract and reuse (useful substances found in waste). 4a. To use again, especially to reprocess: recycle aluminum cans; recycle old jokes. b. To recondition and adapt to a new use or function: recycling old warehouses as condominiums.
OTHER FORMS:re·cycla·bleADJECTIVE & NOUN
re·cyclerNOUN
 
 
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