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throwaway
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun throwaway has 3 senses
- throwaway(n = noun.person) gamin, street arab - (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets; Array is a kind of guttersnipe, street urchin
- throwaway(n = noun.communication) bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill - an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution; "he mailed the circular to all subscribers" is a kind of ad, advert, advertisement, advertising, advertizement, advertizing
- throwaway(n = noun.communication) Array - words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis; Array is a kind of actor's line, speech, words
has particulars: stuffer
Adjective throwaway has 2 senses
- throwaway(s = adj.all) cast-off, discarded, thrown-away - thrown away; "wearing someone's cast-off clothes"; "throwaway children living on the streets"; "salvaged some thrown-away furniture"
- throwaway(s = adj.all) Array - intended to be thrown away after use; "throwaway diapers"
CIDE DICTIONARY
throwaway, a.
- designed to be discarded after a single use; disposable. [PJC]
- spoken with deliberate underemphasis; as, a throwaway line in a play. [PJC]
throwaway, n.
- an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution. [WordNet 1.5]
- words spoken in a casual way with conscious underemphasis. [WordNet 1.5]
THESAURUS
throwaway
castaway, castoff, consumable, deep six, discard, discarding, disposable, disposal, dumping, elimination, expendable, jettison, junking, no-deposit, refuse, reject, rejectamenta, rejection, removal, replaceable, scrapping, spendable
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