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nounthe remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
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verbdistribute looselytype of:
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"dust the bread with flour"verbcover with a light dusting of a substancetype of:
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"the furniture was covered with dust"nounfine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the airtype of:
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"astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"nounfree microscopic particles of solid material
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"dust the cabinets"verbremove the dust fromtype of:
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"The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"verbrub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape
Definition that contains dust
- slack dust consisting of a mixture of small coal fragments and coal dust and dirt that sifts out when coal is passed over a sieve
- chalk dust dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk