Definitions for disposal

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disposal dis·pos·al

Spelling: [dih-spoh-zuh l]

IPA: /dɪˈspoʊ zəl/

Disposal is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 317 anagrams from letters in disposal (adilopss).

Definitions for disposal

noun

1. an act or instance of disposing; arrangement:
2. a disposing of or getting rid of something:
3. a disposing or allotting of, as by gift or sale; bestowal or assignment:
4. power or right to dispose of a thing; control:
5. an electrical device in the drain of a sink, for grinding up garbage to be washed down the drain.

Origin of disposal

First recorded in 1620-30; dispose + -al²

Examples for disposal

All the other statues and drawings of your illustrious kinsman are at your disposal.

If policymakers were serious about tackling the issue, what are the levers at their disposal?

(b) What disposal should be made of meat from which stock is made?

I was no longer a man with a will of my own, or with time at my own disposal.

He wished to have the property and lives of the people of England entirely at his own disposal.

To save the Windy City, we have to use everything at our disposal.

The rich and the powerful have resources at their disposal that people like brave Mr. Cole do not.

He had no other relations, and his fortune was completely at his own disposal.

Sandbags were attached to the corpses to make them sink but the disposal was botched.

He promised to use all means at his disposal to defend Russians.