reclaim[verb]Synonyms: regain, recapture, recover, redeem, reform, retrieve, salvage
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
re‧claim /rɪˈkleɪm/
verb [transitive]1. to get back an amount of money that you have paid
Synonym : claim back:
You may be entitled to reclaim some tax.2. to make an area of desert, wet land etc suitable for farming or building:
This land will be reclaimed for a new airport.3. to get back something that you have lost or that has been taken away from you:
I want to reclaim the championship that I lost in 1999.4. to obtain useful products from waste material ⇒
recycle:
You can reclaim old boards and use them as shelves.—reclamation /ˌrekləˈmeɪʃ
ən/
noun [uncountable]:
land reclamation [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲