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English Dictionary: disposable by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
disposable
adj
  1. free or available for use or disposition; "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"; "disposable assets"
    Antonym(s): nondisposable
  2. designed to be disposed of after use; "disposable paper cups"
    Antonym(s): nondisposable
n
  1. an item that can be disposed of after it has been used
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.
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