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autofluff

noun

Etymology

From auto- + fluff.

  1. derived from villūtus — “having shaggy hair”
  2. derived from velu — “hairy, furry”
  3. derived from vluwe
  4. prefixed as autofluff — “auto + fluff”

Definitions

  1. A mixture of non-ferrous materials used in automobiles, difficult to recycle.

    • When old cars and trucks are sent to scrap yards for shredding to recover ferrous and non-ferrous metals, large quantities of non-metallic waste, referred to as autofluff, are generated.
    • […]heterogeneous organic matter such as, residual biomass, classified urban wastes (RDF), autofluff, residual non-recyclable plastics, rubbers as well as other industrial organic wastes.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for autofluff. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA