remanufacture

[ree-man-yuh-fak-cher]

re·man·u·fac·ture

[ree-man-yuh-fak-cher] verb, re·man·u·fac·tured, re·man·u·fac·tur·ing, noun
verb (used with object)
1.
to refurbish (a used product) by renovating and reassembling its components: to remanufacture a vacuum cleaner.
2.
to make a new or different product of: to remanufacture fireplace logs from wood chips.
noun
3.
the act or process of remanufacturing a product.
4.
the product itself.

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Remanufacture has a plethora of syllables.
So is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane. Does it mean:
a white, crystalline, water-insoluble solid, C14H9Cl5, usually derived from chloral by reaction with chlorobenzene in the presence of fuming sulfuric acid: used as an insecticide and as a scabicide and pediculicide: agricultural use prohibited in the U.S.
an obscure term ostensibly referring to a lung disease caused by silica dust, sometimes cited as one of the longest words in the English language.

Origin:
1790–1800; re- + manufacture

re·man·u·fac·tur·er, noun
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