Wordnet 3.0
NOUN (1)
1.
an item that can be disposed of after it has been used;
ADJECTIVE (2)
1.
free or available for use or disposition;
- Example: "every disposable piece of equipment was sent to the fire"- Example: "disposable assets"2.
designed to be disposed of after use;
- Example: "disposable paper cups"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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.
[1913 Webster]
The great of this kingdom . . . has easily afforded a
disposable surplus. --Burke.
[1913 Webster]
2. designed to be disposed of after use; -- of articles of
commerce. The term implies that it is less expensive to
manufacture a new one than to clean and recycle the used
item to make it fit for use again; as, disposable dishes;
disposable diapers; disposable gloves. Opposite of
reusable.
Syn: throwaway(predicate), non-reusable.
[WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
n 1: an item that can be disposed of after it has been used