general-purpose
adjective/ˌdʒenrəl ˈpɜːpəs/
/ˌdʒenrəl ˈpɜːrpəs/
[only before noun]- having a wide range of different uses
- a general-purpose farm vehicle
Oxford Collocations DictionaryGeneral-purpose is used with these nouns:- tool
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