reusable

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adjective

Able to be used again; especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing

Similar
recyclablereclaimableusefulutile
Opposite
single-useexpendabledisposable
OriginEnglish reuse ← Middle English re- ← Old French re- →
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Meanings

adjectivereusable (comparative more reusable, superlative most reusable)

comparative more reusable · superlative most reusable · alternative re-usable

  1. Able to be used again; especially after salvaging or special treatment or processing

    The donor power car, owned by SR, will then be removed from Haymarket depot and disposed of. It has already been stripped of reusable components for the IC7 power cars north of the border.

    2020 March 25, “Fleet News: ScotRail to dispose of first '43' donor”, in Rail, page 30
  2. computing(of a program) Able to be executed by several tasks without being reloaded; either reentrant or serially reusable
nounreusable (plural reusables)

plural reusables · alternative re-usable

  1. Any product, such as a diaper, that is not disposable but can be used more than once.

Synonyms & antonyms

Similar
recyclable
Opposite
single-useexpendabledisposable

adjectivecapable of being used again

Similar
reclaimablerecyclableusefulutile
Also see
reclaimablerecyclableusefulutile

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Englishuse
  7. Englishreuse
  8. Englishreusable

From reuse + -able.

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Translations

Bulgarian преизползва́ем
  • преизползва́ем (preizpolzváem)able to be used again
Catalan reutilitzable
  • reutilitzableable to be used again
Danish genbrugelig
  • genbrugeligable to be used again
Dutch herbruikbaar
  • herbruikbaarable to be used again
Finnish uudelleenkäytettävä
  • uudelleenkäytettäväable to be used again
French réutilisable
  • réutilisableable to be used again
German wiederverwendbar, mehrweg-
  • wiederverwendbarable to be used again
  • mehrweg-able to be used again
Hungarian újrahasznosítható, újrafelhasználható
  • újrahasznosíthatóable to be used again
  • újrafelhasználhatóable to be used again
Icelandic endurnýtanlegur, endurnotanlegur
  • endurnýtanlegurable to be used again
  • endurnotanlegurable to be used again
Italian riutilizzabile
  • riutilizzabileable to be used again
Māori tukurau
  • tukurauable to be used again
Norwegian Bokmål gjenbrukbaar
  • gjenbrukbaarable to be used again
Polish wielokrotnego użytku, wielorazowy
  • wielokrotnego użytkuable to be used again
  • wielorazowyable to be used again
Portuguese reutilizável
  • reutilizávelable to be used again
Russian многоразовый
  • многоразовый (mnogorazovyj)able to be used again
Spanish reutilizable
  • reutilizableable to be used again
Cite this entry
APA

reusable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reusable

MLA

“reusable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reusable. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reusable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reusable.

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