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MULTIPURPOSE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multipurpose mean? 

MULTIPURPOSE (adjective)
  The adjective MULTIPURPOSE has 1 sense:

1. having multiple usesplay

  Familiarity information: MULTIPURPOSE used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


MULTIPURPOSE (adjective)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Having multiple uses

Context example:

a multipurpose tool

Similar:

useful; utile (being of use or service)


 Context examples 


Over time, the serum component of the medium was replaced with TCH, a defined multipurpose serum replacement.

(HeLa/SF, NCI Thesaurus)



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