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all-purpose
[awl-pur-puhs]
adjective
for every purpose.
an all-purpose detergent.
all-purpose
adjective
useful for many things
Word History and Origins
Origin of all-purpose1
Example Sentences
The streusel — made from a flour mixture of oats, all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, brown sugar, baking powder, cinnamon and sea salt — is sprinkled on top before baking.
Instead, the term “efficiency” is an all-purpose explanation for eliminating any program with no direct value to an imposed ideological agenda.
Morgan was impatient with acquaintances who wished to compress all these considerations into a single all-purpose maxim.
It is expected the 15 local authorities in Essex - which includes 12 district and borough councils - would be replaced with between two and five all-purpose, unitary councils.
He accumulated 7,601 all-purpose yards and has scored 72 touchdowns in his career.
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