dual-use

1. 1.

   designed for or serving two purposes

   “a supercomputer can be used for civilian or military purposes”

   Synonymsdual-purpose

   Similarmultiple

Questions about dual-use

What does dual-use mean?

dual-use means "designed for or serving two purposes".

How many syllables are in dual-use?

dual-use has 3 syllables: du-a-l-use. The stress falls on "du".

What is another word for dual-use?

Close synonyms include dual-purpose. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is dual-use a common word?

dual-use is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.