Dictionary
dust
Meaning
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- Fine particles.
- Fine particles.
- Fine particles.
- (slang) Fine particles.
- (obsolete) Fine particles.
- The act of cleaning by dusting.
- The act of sprinkling dust, or a sprinkle of dust itself.
- Earth, ground, soil, sediment.
- The earth as the resting place of the dead.
- The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
- The substance of the human body or mortal frame.
- Something worthless.
- A low or mean condition.
- (colloquial) Rubbish, garbage, refuse.
- (slang) cash; money (in reference to gold dust).
- A cloud of dust.
- A tumult, disturbance, commotion, uproar.
- (colloquial) A fight or row.
- A totally disconnected set of points with a fractal structure.
- Tiny amounts of cryptocurrency left over after a transaction due to rounding error.
Pronounced as (IPA)
/dʌst/
Cognate with Latin
fūmus
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