English language

How to pronounce dust in English?

Toggle Transcript
Type Words
Synonyms debris, detritus, junk, rubble
Type of scrap, rubbish, trash
Has types slack
Type Words
Synonyms disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle
Type of discharge
Has types splash, spatter, aerosolize, bespangle, spray, splosh, plash, splatter, swash, sprinkle, aerosolise
Type Words
Type of cover


dust the bread with flour.
Type Words
Type of particulate matter, particulate
Has types fallout, radioactive dust, chalk dust
Derivation dusty


the furniture was covered with dust.
Type Words
Type of material, stuff
Has types interplanetary dust


astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust.
Type Words
Type of clean, make clean
Derivation duster


dust the cabinets.
Type Words
Type of smear, blur, smutch, smudge


The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image.

Examples of dust

dust
Chinchillas can live up to 20 years and are known for taking regular dust baths.
From the sacbee.com
I vacuumed them, but this did not get rid of the dust I could see on the inside.
From the democratandchronicle.com
Strong holiday shopping may have drove Americans to dust off their credit cards.
From the theatlantic.com
A key to the MIRI's potential success is its ability to see through cosmic dust.
From the sciencedaily.com
Planets are thought to form in the disc of gas and dust encircling a young star.
From the sciencedaily.com
That means the dust in the atmosphere looks very much like the surface below it.
From the sciencedaily.com
Similarly, light from the supernova reflects off interstellar dust to the Earth.
From the sciencedaily.com
Dust on the front surface of the reflectors could account for both observations.
From the sciencedaily.com
The sediment rises around her, and she disappears in a cloud of underwater dust.
From the time.com
More examples
  • Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air; "the furniture was covered with dust"
  • Remove the dust from; "dust the cabinets"
  • Debris: the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up
  • Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape; "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"
  • Cover with a light dusting of a substance; "dust the bread with flour"
  • Free microscopic particles of solid material; "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"
  • Dust is a general name for solid particles with diameters less than 20 thou (500 micrometres). Particles in the atmosphere arise from various sources such as soil dust lifted up by wind, volcanic eruptions, and pollution. ...
  • Dust is a 1985 film directed by Marion Hu00E4nsel based on the J. M. Coetzee novel In the Heart of the Country. The film was shot in Spain and is a French-Belgian production. The film was selected as the Belgian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 58th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee...
  • Dust (Macedonian: u041Fu0440u0430u0448u0438u043Du0430; Prau0161ina; Prashina) is a 2001 British-Macedonian Western drama film, written and directed by Milcho Manchevski, and starring Joseph Fiennes, David Wenham, Adrian Lester, Anne Brochet, Vera Farmiga, and Rosemary Murphy. The film premiered at the Venice Film Festival on August 29, 2001, and was released in the United States two years later.