to reclaim

Examples

• All

• The centrifuge removes sludge from coolants, EDM fluids, oils, and lubricants, as well as reclaiming valuable metals.

  Academic text (1997)

• We believe too much food gets thrown away, so we reclaim that food before it can go to waste.

  Tim Kochis: Purple Heart (2013)

• We would be more than willing to assist you in reclaiming these tunnels.

  Fiction book (1992)

• New technologies to reclaim contaminated or saline water may also be an important part of the equation.

  Academic text (2008)

• Nearly all the materials used in the furniture's construction were reclaimed from abandoned factory labs and production rooms.

  Academic text (2001)

• Most of the refrigerant reclaimed by Full Cycle comes from customers who are retrofitting their refrigeration equipment.

  Academic text (1996)

• Today's automobile recyclers focus their efforts on reclaiming metals, which account for about 75 percent of a vehicle's weight.

  Academic text (2000)

• To reduce environmental impact, we can reclaim useful materials from waste products like plastic and metal.

• The recycling plant was designed to reclaim materials from used electronics for reuse in new devices.

Synonyms

R

to recover

vsto reclaim

• Specialized

246 3.9

Take useful materials from waste to use again

focuses on getting useful materials out of waste for later reuse

R

to recycle

vsto reclaim

62 2.6

Change old materials so people can use them again

emphasizes getting materials from waste rather than the processing step

S

to scavenge

vsto reclaim

8 6.4

To search through rubbish for useful things

involves organized material recovery and reuse, not informal searching

Antonyms

D

to discard

130 2.7

To throw something away because you no longer want or need it

How Recovered

to recycle

62 2.6

to reclaim

11 3.7

to reprocess

6 4.7

to recover

748 2.5

to salvage

109 4.4

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology