reuse

About 2.16 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The act of salvaging or in some manner restoring a discarded item to yield something usable.
2. noun The act of using again, or in another place.

   Code reuse can save programmers a lot of typing.

3. verb To use again something that is considered past its usefulness (usually for something else).

   The students reused empty plastic bottles in their science experiment.

4. verb To use again, or in another place.

Similar words

recycle reprocess repurpose recyclability reusable repurposing recycling reusability regeneration recirculation

Often followed by

of the and in is it or a by

Word family

reused reuses reusing