/dʌst/
Translation
Fine dry powder made of tiny bits of dirt in the air or on surfaces.
Word origin
From Old English dust, the common word for fine dry powder.
- Origin
- Old English
- Root
- dust
Examples
layer .
"Dust" is the fine dry powder on the surface.
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Here "dust" is a mass of fine powder; it has no plural.
.
Here "dust" is the fine dirt she is cleaning away.
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