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single-use

single-use adjective: designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.

Adjective

single-use (not comparable)

  1. Designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.
    • Filtrona Plastics, Victoria, has supplied Malaysia with $20 000 worth of single-use plastic ware for hospitals and laboratories.1981 December 4, Overseas Trading, page 757, column 2
    • For example, more than 100 cities have adopted restrictions on polystyrene takeout containers, and the state has banned single-use plastic grocery bags.2018 February 20, “Grocery bags and takeout containers aren't enough. It's time to phase out all single-use plastic”, in Los Angeles Times

single-use meaning in Hindi, Indonesian and Persian

single-use in Hindi

designed to be used one time
एकल-प्रयोग ekal-prayog

single-use in Indonesian

designed to be used one time
habis pakai, sekali pakai

single-use in Persian

designed to be used one time
یکبار مصرف

Origin of single-use

Bahuvrīhi compound of single + use.

Questions about single-use

What does single-use mean?
Single-use means designed or intended to be used one time and then discarded or disposed of.
What is single-use in Hindi?
Single-use in Hindi is एकल-प्रयोग (ekal-prayog). See Single-use meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is single-use?
Single-use is an adjective.

Words near single-use in the dictionary

  1. single-taxism
  2. single-track
  3. single-tracking
  4. single-tree
  5. single-trees
  6. single-use
  7. single-user
  8. single-valued
  9. single-valued function
  10. single-valued functions
  11. single-wheeler

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