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duster Definition

duster (dustər)

noun

  1. a person or thing that dusts
  2. a brush or cloth for removing dust from furniture, etc.
  3. a device for sprinkling on a powder, as for applying an insecticide
  4. ☆ a lightweight coat worn to protect the clothes from dust, as formerly in open automobiles
  5. ☆ a short, loose, lightweight housecoat

duster Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • use: Dust ceramics only when necessary using a soft duster; and a brush for any awkward corners.
  • have: Chief Inspector Cornish decided to back a hunch and had the duster from the trunk washed.
  • make: By ripping an old T-Shirt and making a duster you are recycling.
  • wave: The actions were brilliant with the roads being blocked by ' fallen ' trees, burning barricades and samba dancers waving feather dusters.

Adjective modifier

  • yellow: But what could be clearer than the imagery of a yellow duster?
  • pink: Looking back I noticed an upturned pink feather duster attached to the top of the door.
  • dry: However, frequent dusting is important using a clean, dry, soft duster.
  • clean: For daily cleaning, use a clean cloth or a clean duster.
  • soft: However, frequent dusting is important using a clean, dry, soft duster.
  • new: Still, he could do with some new dusters here.

Modifies a noun

worm: This food is also ideal for sponges, tunicates, feather duster worms and many other organisms.

Noun used with modifier

  • knuckle: In 1969 in The New Ely someone showed me a set of knuckle dusters.
  • feather: Looking back I noticed an upturned pink feather duster attached to the top of the door.
  • crop: To keep them in check, crop dusters have to spray thousands of gallons of insecticide over the valley all summer long.
  • leather: He walked over to his place and leaned against the rock, which scratched at his skin even through the leather duster.
  • blackboard: Bellingham News ONE of the longest serving teachers in the North Tyne hangs up her blackboard duster today.
  • floor: Prior to the application of your preferred final floor finish, polish the floor surface with an Airo Dust floor duster disk.

Browse dictionary entries near duster

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  1. dustheap
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  3. dustless
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