Usually means: Suitable for a variety of uses.
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We found 20 dictionaries that define the word all-purpose:

General (19 matching dictionaries)
  1. all-purpose: Merriam-Webster
  2. all-purpose: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. all-purpose: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. all-purpose, all-purpose: Collins English Dictionary
  5. all-purpose: Vocabulary.com
  6. All-Purpose, All-purpose, all-purpose: Wordnik
  7. all-purpose: Wiktionary
  8. all-purpose: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. all-purpose: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. all-purpose: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. all-purpose: Dictionary.com
  12. All-purpose: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. all-purpose: Rhymezone
  14. all-purpose: FreeDictionary.org
  15. all-purpose: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. all-purpose: TheFreeDictionary.com
  17. all-purpose: Merriam-Webster

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. all-purpose: Legal dictionary

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▸ adjective:  For all purposes; general-purpose.

Similar:
general-purpose, general, universal, multipurposeful, multipurpose, all-around, versatile, one-size-fits-all, everyday, anytime, more...

Opposite:
specialized, specific, limited, exclusive

Phrases:
all-purpose flour, All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, more...

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Similar:
general-purpose, general, universal, multipurposeful, multipurpose, all-around, versatile, one-size-fits-all, everyday, anytime, more...

Opposite:
specialized, specific, limited, exclusive

Phrases:
all-purpose flour, All-purpose Lightweight Individual Carrying Equipment, more...



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