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autofluff

autofluff noun: a mixture of non-ferrous materials used in automobiles, difficult to recycle.

Noun

autofluff (uncountable)

  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.1995, American Chemical Society, Preprints of papers, volume 40, numbers 3-4
    • […]heterogeneous organic matter such as, residual biomass, classified urban wastes (RDF), autofluff, residual non-recyclable plastics, rubbers as well as other industrial organic wastes.1997, A. V. Bridgwater, D. G. B. Boocock, Developments in thermochemical biomass conversion, volume 2, page 960

Forms of autofluff

alternative formauto fluff

Origin of autofluff

From auto- + fluff.

Questions about autofluff

What does autofluff mean?
Autofluff means a mixture of non-ferrous materials used in automobiles, difficult to recycle.
What part of speech is autofluff?
Autofluff is a noun.

Words near autofluff in the dictionary

  1. autoflow
  2. autoflowed
  3. autoflowering
  4. autoflowing
  5. autoflows
  6. autofluff
  7. autofluoresce
  8. autofluoresced
  9. autofluorescence
  10. autofluorescences
  11. autofluorescent

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