dual-purpose

[ doo-uhl-pur-puhs, dyoo- ]

adjective

1. serving two functions:

   a dual-purpose database for research and teaching.

2. (of cattle) bred for two purposes, as to provide beef and milk.

dual-purpose

adjective

1. having or serving two functions

Word History and Origins

Origin of dual-purpose¹

First recorded in 1910–15

Example Sentences

Also to the Jeep’s advantage is its dual-purpose nature; it’s equally at home on paved surfaces or when venturing off-road.

From Seattle Times

With an efficiency apartment, the rooms are created by walls and there is very little opportunity to make a dual-purpose room out of any of the space in an efficiency apartment.

From Encyclopedia.com

Republican Gov. Bill Lee pushed for the dual-purpose bill with the support from the GOP-dominant General Assembly this year.

From Washington Times

The projectiles being sent to Ukraine are commonly referred to by the name given to those small grenades: dual-purpose improved conventional munitions, or D.P.I.C.M. — and pronounced by some officials as dee-PICK-’ems.

From New York Times

For months, the top Republicans on the Senate and House foreign affairs and armed services committees — Representatives Michael McCaul of Texas and Mike Rogers of Alabama and Senators James Risch of Idaho and Roger Wicker of Mississippi — have been calling on the Biden administration to provide Ukraine with dual-purpose improved conventional munitions, of the sort that were approved on Friday.

From New York Times