microplastic
CEFR: B2
Microscopic plastic fragments less than five millimeters across resulting from the degradation of industrial and consumer polymers.
Synonyms
- synthetic polymer debris
- plastic particles
Common Collocations
- microplastic pollution
- ingest microplastics
- concentrations of microplastics
Example Sentence
Marine filter-feeders ingest microplastics, introducing synthetic toxins into the global marine food chain.