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all-purpose Definition

all·-purpose (ôl′pʉr′pəs)

adjective

for every pertinent purpose; useful in many ways

all-purpose Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • flour: Although similar to all-purpose flour, it has a greater gluten strength and generally is used for yeast breads.
  • cleaner: It has a fresh fragrance that makes this All-Purpose fast action cleaner pleasant to work with.
  • road: All-purpose roads, where the risks are higher, are of more concern for novices.
  • authority: For these purposes they could spend money provided by the all-purpose authority.
  • council: In many areas a single all-purpose council provides all of the local government services.
  • solution: To address these issues, HTML 4.0 introduces the OBJECT element, which offers an all-purpose solution to generic object inclusion.