dual-purpose

[ doo-uhl-pur-puhs, dyoo- ]

adjective

1. serving two functions:

   a dual-purpose database for research and teaching.

2. (of cattle) bred for two purposes, as to provide beef and milk.

dual-purpose

adjective

1. having or serving two functions

Word History and Origins

Origin of dual-purpose¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Hence, like the Lincolnshire Red Shorthorn, they may claim to be a dual-purpose breed.

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Cattle is generally divided into dairy, beef and dual purpose breeds.

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The dual purpose of the revision of this work has been simplification and amplification.

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So he stayed on Folly Bay territory with a dual purpose: to make money for himself, and to deprive Gower of profit where he could.

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The monstrous scope and dual purpose of the work prevented any unity in method and arrangement.

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