multiuse

The use of something for more than one purpose.

Adjective

  1. Able to accommodate multiple uses.
    • The new stadium and park would be lined on three sides with multiuse row house buildings containing commercial, office, and loft residential space. - 1988 June 3, Paul Botts, “A New Old Ballpark”, in Chicago Reader:
    • A computer is a programmable, multiuse machine that accepts data — raw facts and figures — and processes, or manipulates, it into information we can use […] - 2010, Dr. Mukesh Dhunna, J. B. Dixit, Information Technology...

    Synonyms: multipurpose

Origin

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *mel-der. Proto-Indo-European *ml̥tós? Proto-Italic *moltos Latin multus Latin multīder. Middle English multi- English multi- Proto-Italic *oissos Latin ūsus Old French usbor. Middle English use English use English multiuse From multi- + use.

Related

multitool

Noun

  1. The use of something for more than one purpose.
    • Normally a visitor does not participate in one activity to the exclusion of others. One main activity, such as swimming, will be supplemented by other activities and use of other facilities, such as picnicking, hiking,...