dust
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Is dust a Scrabble word?
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- Scrabble US/Canada (OTCWL) Yes
- Scrabble UK (SOWPODS) Yes
- Wordle No
- Words With Friends Yes
What is the meaning of dust?
Definition
noun (English)
1. Fine particles.Examples: "There is so much dust released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator."uncountable
2. Fine particles.uncountable
3. Fine particles.Examples: "Astronomers have previously considered that dust produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness."uncountable
4. Fine particles.uncountable
5. Fine particles.Australiadatedslanguncountable
6. Fine particles.Examples: "to touch a dust of England’s ground"countableobsolete
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To remove dust from.Examples: "The cleaning lady needs a stool to dust the cupboard."; "There were many wooden chairs for the bulk of his visitors, and two wicker armchairs with red cloth cushions for superior people. From the packing-cases had emerged some Indian clubs,[…], and all these articles[…] made a scattered and untidy decoration that Mrs. Clough assiduously dusted and greatly cherished."transitive
2. (intransitive) To remove dust; to clean by removing dust.Examples: "Dusting always makes me cough."intransitive
3. (transitive, archaic) To make dusty, to soil with dust.archaictransitive
4. (intransitive or reflexive) Of a bird, to cover itself in sand or dry, dusty earth.intransitivereflexive
5. (transitive) To spray or cover (something) with fine powder or liquid, to sprinkle.Examples: "The mother dusted her baby’s bum with talcum powder."transitive
6. (transitive) To sprinkle (a substance) in the form of dust.transitive
Definition source: Wiktionary