ecotownn.
/ˈiːkəʊtaʊn/, /ˈɛkəʊtaʊn/, U.S. /ˈikoʊˌtaʊn/, /ˈɛkoʊˌtaʊn/ Chiefly British.
A new town designed to have a minimal impact on the environment and to facilitate an environmentally responsible lifestyle for its residents.
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1974 Futures June 282/2 Among the activities to be sponsored or organised by the WFSF..are..a series of workshops on ‘Eco-Towns’ and ‘Eco-Villages’.
1992 Age (Melbourne) (Nexis) 13 June 15 An international consortium of urban ecology consultants has accepted an invitation..to construct a model eco-town in the Multi-Function Polis.
2012 N. Wilding in L. Williams et al. Radical Human Ecol. xix. 389 The Labour government decided that an ecotown would be built on Eden's doorstep.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1974- heat treatment
- heat-absorbing
- heat-absorption
- heat-action
- heat-apoplexy
- heat-asphyxia
- heat-capacity
- heat-centre
- heat-chart
- heat-cloud
- heat-clouded
- heat-concreted
- heat-conduction
- heat-conductivity
- heat-cracked
- heat-crazed
- heat-death
- heat-drop
- heat-economizer
- heat-energy
- heat-engine
- heat-evolution
- heat-factor
- heat-fever
- heat-flame