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dust
  1. (uncountable) Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, etc.
  2. (countable) The act of cleaning by dusting.
  3. (obsolete) A single particle of earth or other material.
  4. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
  5. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
  6. (figuratively) Something worthless.
  7. (figuratively) A low or mean condition.
  8. (slang, dated) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
  9. (mathematics) A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “The shuttle drifted overhead again, raising another whirling storm of dust and gravel.”
      “The ground shook so badly that men were knocked off their feet and rolled in the dust like ninepins.”
      “The entire landscape of the league has changed, and we are forced to sift through the dust that is now settling.”
duster
  1. An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
  2. Someone who dusts.
  3. A light, loose-fitting long coat.
  4. (paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
  5. (milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
  6. (oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
  7. (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
  8. (Philippines) A sundress.
  9. (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “I tackled it with a swipe from my duster and then a vigorous rub-down with polish and a dust cloth.”
      “His father had taught him to fly, and by the age of 16, he could fly his father's crop duster by himself.”
      “A crop duster sweeps low over a field, aiding farmers in a battle against late season insects.”
dusting
duststorm
  1. phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It is of a Liberal Democrat duststorm which blew away as fast as it blew up.”
      “The duststorm in the city is reportedly as severe as it is impossible to catch a glimpse of things nearby.”
      “Dust waves hovered over Jeddah on Sunday as meteorologists predicted Makkah and Madinah regions to be affected as well by the duststorm.”
dustpile
  1. A pile of dust and other material, typically composed household refuse.
dustiness
  1. The quality of being dusty
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  3. Examples:
    1. “Investigation localities were selected taking account of gravel road treatment with regard to dustiness minimisation.”
      “I don't get the licorice or the dustiness, but the rest is right on the mark.”
      “But with such encyclopaedic resources, some dustiness of tone is perhaps inevitable.”
duststorms
dustpiles
  1. plural of dustpile
dustings
dusters
  1. plural of duster
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  3. Examples:
    1. “It's Boston meets Barcelona, only cleaner, thanks to a small army of boiler-suited Syrian street-sweepers with ostrich-feather dusters.”
      “I need a large supply of dusters or J-cloths to dust the books as I sort them.”
      “As I finished each of the major rooms I took the vacuum out to empty straight into the trash and gave the dusters a jolly good shake downwind.”
dusts
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