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disposal

noun
/dɪsˈpəʊ.zəl/UK/dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/US/dɪsˈpəʉ.zəl/

Etymology

From dispose + -al.

  1. borrowed from disposer
  2. formed as disposal — “dispose + -al”

Definitions

  1. A disposition

    A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.

    • at your disposal

  2. The act or an instance of disposing of or getting rid of something.

    • Lewy Taylor was quiet against the Swans with just seven disposals but hit the mark with a couple of kicks inside 50 during the crucial last quarter.

  3. The power to use something or someone.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. A garbage disposal

      • 2 bedroom apt nicely done. Dishwasher, disposal and many closets. Heat incl $290 mo + security.

The neighborhood

Derived

at someone's disposal, at the disposal of, bomb disposal unit, garbage disposal, garbage disposal unit, nondisposal, predisposal, waste disposal, waste disposal unit

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at disposal. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at disposal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at disposal

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA