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disposal

UK/dɪsˈpəʊ.zəl/US/dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/
nounC1Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,731 of 15,258neutral

Other forms: disposals

Disposal is getting rid of something. Waste disposal, bomb disposal, at your disposal.

At your disposal is a different sense entirely — it means available for you to use, from dispose meaning to arrange. Waste disposal is regulated tightly because what is thrown away has to go somewhere. A waste disposal unit grinds food waste in a sink.

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Definitions of disposal

  1. 1noundisposalGetting rid of something.C1

    “The council is responsible for the safe disposal of old batteries and paint.”

disposal is a getting rid.

Where it comes from

  1. French

    disposer

  2. English

    dispose

  3. English, today

    disposal

From dispose + -al. dispose Borrowed from French disposer.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

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disposal in the wild

  • A graveyard orbit, also called a junk orbit or disposal orbit, is an orbit that lies away from common operational orbits.

    Graveyard orbit

  • In cases of mass death, such as war and natural disaster, or in which the means of disposal are limited, practical concerns may be of greater priority.

    Disposal of human corpses

  • All disposal options may run risks of causing water pollution.

    Sewage

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

the disposer family

disposaldisposedisposable

disposal — used about once every 681 pages · #3,731 · point at the bar for the others

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