From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishmultipurposemul‧ti‧pur‧pose /ˌmʌltiˈpɜːpəs◂ $ -ˈpɜːr-/ adjective [usually before noun] USE somethingable to be used for many different purposes a multipurpose building a multipurpose tool
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multipurpose• Contacted Saturday, he said he wanted to set up a multipurpose account to sponsor the King scholarships and office functions.• All of my possessions are multipurpose and petite.• Walk-in showers, garden tubs and multipurpose nooks are among the other preferred housing elements.• Gathered together in the multipurpose room, the group begins with an activity that either students or teachers have organized.• a multipurpose room• In the 1970s, as sports revenues from television soared, it was fashionable to build multipurpose stadiums with few fancy facilities.• Their multipurpose suckers are also used for locomotion and hanging on. 