eco

¹

[ ek-oh, ee-koh ]

adjective

1. ecological or environmental.
2. not harmful to the environment:

   an eco resort with no air conditioning.

noun

1. ecology.

Eco

²

[ ek-oh; Italian e-kaw ]

noun

1. Umberto, 1932–2016, Italian novelist and philosopher.

eco-

³

1. a combining form representing ecology in the formation of compounds ( ecosystem; ecotype ); also with the more general sense “environment,” “nature,” “natural habitat” ( ecocide; ecolaw; ecopolitics ).

eco

¹

/ ˈiːkəʊ /

noun

1. 1. short for ecology
   2. ( as modifier )

      an eco group

eco-

²

combining_form

1. denoting ecology or ecological

   ecocide

   ecosphere

Eco

³

/ ˈɛkəʊ /

noun

1. EcoUmberto1932MItalianWRITING: novelist Umberto. born 1932, Italian semiologist and writer. His novels include The Name of the Rose (1981) and Foucault's Pendulum (1988)

Word History and Origins

Origin of eco¹

First recorded in 1985–90

Example Sentences

The hamper is built from eco-friendly bamboo and includes two slide out laundry bins with handles, and a workable table top for folding laundry or storing items.

From Popular-Science

From this early niche, Square built out a business that now resembles Apple’s multi-tentacled eco-system—one that uses a piece of hardware to lock customers into an array of other products and services.

From Fortune

If cotton isn’t for you, these eco-friendly cloths make a great alternative.

From Popular-Science

They’re looking for eco-friendly alternatives to fast fashion without sacrificing style.

From Fortune

Leave-no-trace principles advise using even eco-friendly cleansers at least 200 feet away from water sources—and never wash your hands or your dishes directly in the stream.

From Outside Online

Grotesque profiteering aside, life release ceremonies can devastate the eco-system.

From The Daily Beast

The resulting Wool Runners were comfortable, eco-friendly, machine-washable, and super cute—and sold out almost immediately.

From The Daily Beast

What would have happened had Abe Lincoln lived to have been an eco-activist?

From The Daily Beast

And “stinking rich” is the smell of zero carbon emissions at eco-friendly tech company campuses.

From The Daily Beast

This has led to a burgeoning industry of small businesses, founded and run by women specializing in eco-friendly hygiene products.

From The Daily Beast

Aren, or aen, eco-aco-co are case terminations; tcea-cea marks the verbal noun.

From Project Gutenberg

Someone had gutted an eco-mobile to power the night's entertainment.

From Project Gutenberg

In this novel, Umberto Eco deals, in a light vein, with the occult considered as the true science.

From Project Gutenberg

In other words, use eco only when you wish to accentuate the abstractness, the "nessness" of the idea.

From Project Gutenberg