reusable

British  

/ riːˈjuːzəbəl /

adjective

1. able to be used more than once

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Explanation

Something is reusable if it can be used more than once. Since you can wash a cloth napkin after you use it, it is reusable. Toilet paper? Not reusable. Many cities now encourage shoppers to bring their own reusable bags to stores, instead of having groceries and other goods put in plastic bags that are usually thrown away after a single use. Reusable is a word you'll often see alongside words like recyclable, renewable, or sustainable, in an environmentally conscious context. It comes from the "again" prefix re- and usable.

Example Sentences

Bring your own reusable water bottle so that you can fill up at water points without queuing at a drinks tent.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

The company’s prospects brightened at the end of that year when it completed its first-ever controlled landing of a Falcon 9 rocket, paving the way for reusable rockets.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Successfully scaling Starship and making its parts mostly reusable is critical to Musk’s ambitions.

From MarketWatch • May 21, 2026

Starship is designed to be fully reusable, with both the upper and lower stages capable of multiple missions.

From Barron's • May 21, 2026

I go into our new apartment’s tiny kitchen to fill my reusable water bottle.

From "A Soft Place to Land" by Janae Marks