duster Definition
duster (dus′tər)
noun
- a person or thing that dusts
- a brush or cloth for removing dust from furniture, etc.
- a device for sprinkling on a powder, as for applying an insecticide
- ☆ a lightweight coat worn to protect the clothes from dust, as formerly in open automobiles
- ☆ 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
- ‹ dustbin
- ‹ dust wrapper
- ‹ dust-up
- ‹ dust storm
- ‹ dust ruffle
- ‹ dust jacket
- ‹ dust devil
- ‹ dust bunny
- ‹ dust bowl
- ‹ dust
- dustheap ›
- dusting powder ›
- dustless ›
- dustman ›
- dustpan ›
- dustproof ›
- dusty ›
- dusty miller ›
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