reusable

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reusable

adjective more reusable · most reusable · re-usable

  1. Able to be used again; especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing The donor power car, owned by SR, will then be removed from Haymarket depot and disposed of. It has already been stripped of reusable components for the IC7 power cars north of the border.
  2. (of a program) Able to be executed by several tasks without being reloaded; either reentrant or serially reusable

Similar: recyclable · Opposite: single-use, expendable, disposable

noun reusables · re-usable

  1. Any product, such as a diaper, that is not disposable but can be used more than once.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: recyclable, reclaimable, useful, utile, nondisposable, refillable, reuse, salvageable, re-use, usable, replicable, transposable, scratch, sterile, relay, reused

adjective

Similar: recyclable · Opposite: single-use, expendable, disposable

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adj able to be used again

Españolreutilizable
Portuguêsreutilizável
Françaisréutilisable
Deutschwiederverwendbar, mehrweg-
Italianoriutilizzabile
Русскиймногоразовый mnogorazovyj

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@misc{reusable_2026,
  title = {reusable},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/reusable},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}