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all-purpose

[ awl-pur-puhs ]
/ ˈɔlˈpɜr pəs /
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adjective

for every purpose: an all-purpose detergent.

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Origin of all-purpose

First recorded in 1925–30

Words nearby all-purpose

all-pass, all-points bulletin, Allport, all-powerful, all present and accounted for, all-purpose, All Quiet on the Western Front, all right, all right for you, all right with one, All roads lead to Rome
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Words related to all-purpose

profitable, good, helpful, effective, convenient, fruitful, practical, appropriate, favorable, proper, pragmatic, suitable, handy, advantageous, gifted, talented, skillful, skilled, functional, all-around

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British Dictionary definitions for all-purpose

all-purpose

adjective

useful for many things
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