bottle collection
- noun
:
recogida de botellas
- The city organized a bottle collection event to encourage recycling among residents.
Examples
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As part of her job, she oversees the weekly bottle collection from local restaurants.
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He started a bottle collection to raise funds for charity.
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My bottle collection is getting bigger every month.
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She has a unique bottle collection from around the world.
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The city organized a bottle collection event to encourage recycling among residents.
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He started a bottle collection to raise funds for charity.
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As part of her job, she oversees the weekly bottle collection from local restaurants.
How Large
- US
45
2.9
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the activity of gathering bottles' is directly and transparently built from the constituents 'bottle' (a container) and 'collection' (the act of gathering), so a learner who knows those words can infer the MWE. This noun+noun compounding is a common, compositional pattern (often meaning either a set of bottles or the activity of collecting them), making the expression immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Bottle collection comes from the everyday picture of bottles left at the curb and a truck or worker coming to gather them. Here collection means the act of picking up bottles, so the phrase means 'gathering bottles for reuse or recycling'.