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bio-based

bio-based is the alternative form of biobased.

Meaning of biobased

Adjective

biobased (not comparable)

  1. Based on biological material.
    • Ed Lehrburger, PureVision’s founder and chief executive, said he thought his lignin could sell for $300 a ton or more. Mr. Lehrburger said his company was collaborating with a wood and paper products manufacturer that is interested in using the lignin for a biobased glue for its laminates, plywoods...2007 August 8, Hillary Rosner, “Cooking Up More Uses for the Leftovers of Biofuel Production”, in New York Times

Questions about bio-based

What is bio-based the alternative form of?
Bio-based is the alternative form of biobased.

Words near bio-based in the dictionary

  1. bio queens
  2. bio-
  3. bio-attack
  4. bio-attacks
  5. bio-available
  6. bio-based
  7. bio-break
  8. bio-breaks
  9. Bio-Bío
  10. bio-capacities
  11. bio-capacity

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bio-based (page history and authors); biobased (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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