Crossword clues for disposable
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Disposable \Dis*pos"a*ble\, a. [From Dispose.] Subject to disposal; free to be used or employed as occasion may require; not assigned to any service or use.
The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a
disposable surplus.
--Burke.
2. designed to be disposed of after use; -- of articles of commerce. The term implies that it is less expensive to manufacture a new one than to clean and recycle the used item to make it fit for use again; as, disposable dishes; disposable diapers; disposable gloves. Opposite of reusable.
Syn: throwaway(predicate), non-reusable.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1640s, "that may be done without;" see dispose + -able. Meaning "designed to be discarded after one use" is from 1943, originally of diapers, soon of everything; replaced throw-away (1928) in this sense. First recorded use of disposable income (preserving the older sense) is from 1948.
Wiktionary
a. 1 That can be disposed of. 2 That is designed to be discarded rather than refilled or repaired. 3 available to be used. n. Any object that is designed to be disposed of rather than refilled or repaired.
WordNet
adj. free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets" [ant: nondisposable]
designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper cups" [ant: nondisposable]
Wikipedia
Disposable is a 1968 album by the UK underground group The Deviants.
Disposable is an adjective meaning the ability of something to be disposed of or thrown away after use. Many people now use the term as a noun, i.e. "a disposable" but in reality this is still an adjective as the noun (product, nappy, etc.) is implied. Disposable income is the amount of money left over from one's salary or pay for spending, saving or whatever, after all living costs have been taken out. A disposable (also called disposable product) is a product designed for a single use after which it is recycled or is disposed as solid waste. The term often implies cheapness and short-term convenience rather than medium to long-term durability. The term is also sometimes used for products that may last several months (e.g. disposable air filters) to distinguish from similar products that last indefinitely (e.g. washable air filters). The word "disposables" is not to be confused with the word " consumables" which is widely used in the mechanical world. In welding for example, welding rods, tips, nozzles, gas, etc. are considered to be "consumables" as they only last a certain amount of time before needing to be replaced.
Usage examples of "disposable".
He saw the national investment in Vietnam draining our disposable strength from Europe and the Middle East and the likelihood that the more we Americanized the war, the less South Vietnam would do for itself.
She had swooped into Pottery Barn one afternoon for simple, disposable furniture, but the walls were adorned with truly beautiful works of art from the collection of her mother, a woman of discerning taste and double fortune after remarrying an Argentinean named Helmut.
A tourist thrust a disposable camera toward him and pleaded, in some indecipherable Slavic tongue, for the Clockmaker to take his photograph in front of the Vatican.
The men got up from the table and Clay gathered the disposable dishware and tossed them into the waste receiver.
His underthings, socks and flexies were disposable in any case, and Mrs.
I find two disposable scalpels with plastic handles and a roll of Leuco bandages.
Spray a disposable half-size steam table pan with nonstick cooking spray.
There were also two disposable Lady Schick razors in the soap dish next to the Jacuzzi.
He removed other things from the bag too: a length of flexible rubber tubing, a sphygmomanometer for monitoring blood pressure, two small bottles of amber-colored fluid, and a packet of disposable hypodermic syringes.
Three scrolls, a codex, and a stoppered bottle of wine sat to the right of the figure, while on the left was a bundle of the disposable bamboo splits that Tenoctris used in place of an athame.
Waited through commercials for disposable vacuum cleaners, ziplock garbage bags, genetically engineered rubberbands that would never break, the Dolla Dare show.
By the end of the nineteenth century, therefore, most of the true restaurants were still reserved for those with disposable income and leisure time.
Grateful for the opening, Giles nodded, then cast a perturbed glance at the double coffee maker dominating a neat array of mugs, disposable stirrers, sugar packets, and powdered creamer.
Inside there was a small red biohazard waste container and scores of plastic bags filled with disposable hypodermics, ampules, and suppositories.
The SLB could have popped out and made him cut his throat with his own Bic disposable, I suppose.