Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

recycling

/ɹisˈaɪkəlɪŋ/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.76 in modern English

Syllables: re-cy-cling
IPA: /ɹisˈaɪkəlɪŋ/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Those materials culled for recycling.

Uncountable

noun

Something made by recycling something else.

Countable; Uncountable

verb

present participle and gerund of recycle

Example Sentences

"He plans to haul the recycling in on Saturday."
"Eddie Holman is still best remembered for his soulful, falsettoed/sex-changed recycling of Ruby & The Romantics' big-time smoothie from 1963, "Hey There Lonely Boy.""

Usage

Inflected Forms

recyclings (plural)

Derived Forms

antirecycling biorecycling grasscycling nonrecycling peecycling wishcycling

Phrases

aspirational recycling e-recycling recycling bin recycling station recycling symbol recycling time wishful recycling

Frequently Paired Words

upcycling

Rhymes With

cycling

Questions

How do you pronounce recycling?: The recorded pronunciation is /ɹisˈaɪkəlɪŋ/.
What does recycling mean?: The practice of sorting and collecting waste materials for new use.

How to pronounce recycling

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