disposable
adjectivenounattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//dɪsˈpəʊzəbl̩//
- United States//dɪsˈpoʊzəbl̩//
That can be disposed of.
adjective
- 1
That can be disposed of.
- 2
That is designed to be discarded rather than reused, refilled or repaired.
Rather than purchase an expensive razor he bought a packet of cheap disposable ones.
A disposable cup sits in a museum gallery, fully intact even after being cast aside thousands of years ago.
- 3
Available to be used; at one's disposal.
disposable income
Etymology
Etymology tree French disposerbor. English dispos(e) Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlomder. Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English disposable From dispos(e) + -able.
noun
- 1
Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired.
Parents who use cloth diapers often use disposables for travel, nights, or both.
Durable goods can be cost-effective but make great disease vectors, and disposables like syringes and needles can be a problem in the poorest places, where there's desperate need of vaccines for diseases like polio. That's where the UCSD scientists come in.
- 2
Any object that is designed to be disposed of, rather than refilled or repaired. A disposable vaporizer, as for nicotine or a concentrate of cannabis (THC).
Forms
- plural
- disposables
- comparative
- more disposable
- superlative
- most disposable