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Word entry · 4 letters

dust

Best crossword clue

"Fine dry particles"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /dʌst/Part of speech verb, nounSorted dstuStarts with DEnds with T8 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. remove the dust from

Word origin

From Middle English dust, doust, from Old English dūst (“dust, dried earth reduced to powder; other dry material reduced to powder”), from the fusion of Proto-Germanic *dustą (“dust”) and *dunstą (“mist, dust, evaporation”), both from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewh₂- (“to smoke, raise dust”).

Used in a sentence

  • There is so much dust released during the process of laying ballast that the trackside operator wears a full face mask with respirator.
  • Astronomers have previously considered that dust produced by the star was obscuring it, causing the steep decline in brightness.
  • to touch a dust of England’s ground

Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0

Used as a crossword answer8 curated clues

01Fine dry particles4 letters
02Fine powder4 letters
03Fine shelf film4 letters
04Particles on a shelf4 letters
05Remove powder from shelves4 letters
06Shelf coating4 letters
07Sweep lightly4 letters
08Fine dry powder4 letters

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