disposal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A disposition; an arrangement, categorization, or classification of things.
The act or an instance of disposing of or getting rid of something.
A kick or a handball of the ball during a game.
A sexual paraphilia, as in art, fiction, and role-playing, that involves a character consuming and digesting another and disposing their remains as bodily fluids, typically as via ejaculation or defecation.
The power to use something or someone.
A garbage disposal

Pronunciation

/dɪsˈpəʊ.zəl/ /dɪsˈpoʊ.zəl/ /dɪsˈpəʉ.zəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-disposal.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-disposal.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Jjamesryan-disposal.wav

Word forms

disposal disposals disposall

Etymology

From dispose + -al.

Synonyms

consignment

Related words

disposition

Derived words

at someone's disposal at the disposal of bomb disposal unit garbage disposal garbage disposal unit nondisposal predisposal waste disposal waste disposal unit

Translations

Bulgarian: отстраняване Bulgarian: избавяне от Czech: likvidace Danish: bortskaffelse Finnish: hävittäminen French: élimination German: Beseitigung German: Entsorgung Greek: απαλλαγή Greek: ξεφόρτωμα Ancient Greek: ἀποβολή Hebrew: היפטרות Hungarian: leselejtezés Hungarian: megszabadulás Hungarian: eltávolítás Hungarian: lerakás Hungarian: elszállítás Hungarian: hasznosítás Hungarian: ártalmatlanítás Korean: 제거 Korean: 처리 Māori: whakareinga Portuguese: descarte Portuguese: eliminação Spanish: desecho Swedish: avyttring Swedish: utrangering

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