Hypertext Webster Gateway: "disposable"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

disposable
adj 1: free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable
piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable
assets" [ant: {nondisposable}]
2: designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper
cups" [ant: {nondisposable}]


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