Preposition: off

• cobwebs: That, along with having to dust off a few cobwebs, made it difficult to get myself up to speed quick enough.

Converse of object

• gather: We came back with some great tapes which are probably gathering dust on a library shelf.

• bite: Another fan poll bites the dust for another year.

• inhale: Inhaling this fine dust can make vacuum cleaning a very uncomfortable, even dangerous activity for the allergic individual using a standard vacuum cleaner.

• sprinkle: They could sprinkle fairy dust And twitch their little nose, And the windows would be sparkling And I'd have no dirty clothes.

Adjective modifier

• interstellar: PSSRI provides co-investigators for the Dust Detector, which has made the first in situ detections of interstellar dust entering the Solar System.

• Saharan: Natural production of dusts include ash from volcanic eruptions or forest fires, sea salt particles or Saharan dust.

• wind-blown: It can also come from natural sources, such as wind-blown dust, as well as construction, mining and quarrying activities.

• airborne: There are two main methods for sampling airborne dust.

• interplanetary: The new evidence was gleaned from interplanetary dust found in cores taken in copper mines in Africa.

Modifies a noun

• mite: Mattress Hygiene Spray - controls the dust mites in your bed!

• jacket: Dust jacket very good Price corner NOT removed NO chips or Tears.

• particle: Clouds of dust particles brought about vivid sunsets all over the world for the next three years.

• storm: Well, any space port in a dust storm.

• allergen: The highest concentration of dust mite allergen can be found in the mattress ( 60 % ).

• cloud: These observations have detected extended dust clouds surrounding this star, shown by the halo of emission around the central star.

Noun used with modifier

• asbestos: Exposure to blue or brown asbestos dust can cause mesothelioma, a tumor of the pleura, which is the lining of the lung.

• coal: It was an explosion of coal dust, which caused flames to rush through where the men were working.

• pixie: You see, that was Tinkerbell's pixie dust, and she was a good friend of Jasmine.

• fairy: Honey the Sweet Fairy can't make any new sweets without her magic party bag of fairy dust.