eco
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 5
- Words With Friends
- 6
- Letters
- 3
/ˈiːkəʊ/
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/ˈiːkəʊ/ · /ˈikoʊ/ · /i.ko/ · /ˈɛkoʊ/ · /ɛk.o/
Definition of eco
7 senses · 3 parts of speech · etymology included
adj
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.
“Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]”
“Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.”
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adj
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of ecological: environmentally friendly or sensitive.
“Except that the smart eco (and fiscal) thing to do is to wait until your current appliance has reached its break-even point […]”
“Check the eco credentials of your paint – not all are what they say on the tin.”
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(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping)Clipping of economy (“affording economical use, e.g. of an appliance”).
“This vacuum cleaner has an eco setting which preserves battery life.”
noun
- A proposed name for the common currency that the West African Monetary Zone plans to introduce in the framework of the Economic Community of West African States.
- (US, abbreviation, alt-of, countable, uncountable)Abbreviation of engine cutoff.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, countable, initialism, uncountable)Initialism of eternally collapsing object, a type of black hole replacement, to avoid having gravitational singularities.
name
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Energy Company Obligation.
- (abbreviation, alt-of, initialism)Initialism of Encyclopaedia of Chess Openings
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Etymology
By clipping.
Hooks
2 extensions · 1 front · 1 back
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