macroplastic
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *meh₂ḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós Proto-Hellenic *makrós Ancient Greek μᾰκρός (măkrós)der. French macro-der. English macro- Proto-Hellenic *plátʰyō Proto-Hellenic *pláťťō? Ancient Greek πλᾰ́σσω (plắssō) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Ancient Greek -τις (-tis) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τῐκός (-tĭkós) Ancient Greek πλᾰστῐκός (plăstĭkós)der. Latin plasticusder. English plastic English macroplastic From macro- + plastic.
- derived from plastic English macroplastic From macro- + plastic
- derived from plasticusder
- derived from macro-der
Definitions
Relatively large particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment…
Relatively large particles of plastic found especially in the marine environment (typically more than about 5 mm)
A conspicuous amount of plastic which is ingested into, or present inside one's body, in…
A conspicuous amount of plastic which is ingested into, or present inside one's body, in addition to microplastics.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for macroplastic. 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