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recyclable

adj

Etymology

From recycle + -able.

  1. derived from *kʷékʷlos✻
  2. derived from κύκλος
  3. derived from cyclus
  4. inherited from cicle — “fixed length period of years”
  5. prefixed as recycle — “re + cycle”
  6. formed as recyclable — “recycle + -able”

Definitions

  1. Able to be recycled.

    • Soda cans are recyclable.
    • People are reminded again, as before, please do not leave plastic bottles, milk containers or otherwise at the Bring Centre – there are no plastic containers there any longer for such recyclable materials.

  2. An object that can be recycled, such as a soda can.

    • The garbage and recyclables need to be taken out to the street tomorrow.
    • A pull-out trash drawer gives you a place to hide kitchen waste and recyclables.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for recyclable. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA