name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
duster
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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General-American: /ˈdʌstɚ/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌstə/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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CMU ARPABET: D AH1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Someone who dusts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cleaner, housekeeper, housecleaner, cleaning lady, maid, chambermaid
noun
Meaning 4
A loose-fitting long coat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coat
noun
Meaning 5
A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: arts, crafts, hobbies, lifestyle, papermaking
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: implement
noun
Meaning 6
A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: milling
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: machine, blower
noun
Meaning 7
A dry drillhole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: oil and gas
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: drillhole, hole
noun
Meaning 8
A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: informal
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: gun, weapon
noun
Meaning 9
A type of loose dress worn at home as well as within the vicinity of one's home.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Philippines
Examples
- Near-synonym: housedress
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: housedress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: dress, garment
noun
Meaning 10
A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a chalkboard.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: education
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: eraser
noun
Meaning 11
A high pitch toward the batter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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noun
Meaning 12
A duststorm.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sandstorm, haboob
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pitch, delivery
noun
Meaning 14
a piece of cloth used for dusting
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dustcloth, dustrag
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: piece of cloth, piece of material
noun
Meaning 15
a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gaberdine, gabardine, smock, dust coat
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: coverall
noun
Meaning 16
a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- it was the kind of duster not experienced in years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: dust storm, sandstorm, sirocco
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: windstorm
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English dust Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English duster From dust + -er.
Across languages
Translations
69 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: مِمْسَحَة (mimsaḥa) — object used for dusting
- Arabic: مِمْسَح (mimsaḥ) — object used for dusting
- Belarusian: ану́ча (anúča) — object used for dusting
- Bulgarian: парца́л (parcál) — object used for dusting
- Bulgarian: бърса́лка (bǎrsálka) — object used for dusting
- Chinese Mandarin: 抹布 (mābù) — object used for dusting
- Chinese Mandarin: 黑板擦 (hēibǎncā) — object used for dusting
- Czech: prachovka — object used for dusting
- Czech: hadr — object used for dusting
- Danish: støveklud — object used for dusting
- Dutch: stofdoek — object used for dusting
- Esperanto: viŝtuko — object used for dusting
- Finnish: pölyhuisku — object used for dusting
- Finnish: pölyrätti — object used for dusting
- French: chiffon — object used for dusting
- French: brosse — object used for dusting
- German: Staubtuch — object used for dusting
- German: Staublappen — object used for dusting
- German: Staubwedel — object used for dusting
- Hungarian: porrongy — object used for dusting
- Hungarian: portörlő rongy — object used for dusting
- Irish: glantóir deannaigh — object used for dusting
- Irish: ceirt deannaigh — object used for dusting
- Italian: spolverino — object used for dusting
- Japanese: ふきん (fukin) — object used for dusting
- Japanese: 雑巾 (zōkin) — object used for dusting
- Japanese: 叩き (hataki) — object used for dusting
- Japanese: ブラシ (burashi) — object used for dusting
- Korean: 걸레 (geolle) — object used for dusting
- Korean: 먼지떨이 (meonjitteori) — object used for dusting
- Macedonian: бри́шалка (bríšalka) — object used for dusting
- Macedonian: крпа (krpa) — object used for dusting
- Norman: êpousseteux — object used for dusting
- Norwegian Bokmål: støvklut — object used for dusting
- Norwegian Nynorsk: støvklut — object used for dusting
- Portuguese: apagador — object used for dusting
- Russian: тря́пка (trjápka) — object used for dusting
- Russian: щётка (ščótka) — object used for dusting
- Scottish Gaelic: dustair — object used for dusting
- Serbo-Croatian: кр̏па — object used for dusting
- Serbo-Croatian: kȑpa — object used for dusting
- Slovak: prachovka — object used for dusting
- Slovak: handra — object used for dusting
- Slovene: krpa — object used for dusting
- Spanish: plumero — object used for dusting
- Swahili: dasta — object used for dusting
- Tagalog: pamalis — object used for dusting
- Ukrainian: ганчі́рка (hančírka) — object used for dusting
- Welsh: clwtyn — object used for dusting
- Welsh: cadach — object used for dusting
- Welsh: sychwr — object used for dusting
- Czech: metař — person who dusts
- Finnish: pölyttäjä — person who dusts
- Finnish: pölyjen pyyhkijä — person who dusts
- German: Staubwischer — person who dusts
- German: Staubwischerin — person who dusts
- Russian: убо́рщик (ubórščik) — person who dusts
- Russian: убо́рщица (ubórščica) — person who dusts
- Welsh: glanhäwr — person who dusts
- Welsh: glanhawraig — person who dusts
- Danish: housecoat — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Danish: kittel — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- German: Staubmantel — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Irish: dustar — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Japanese: ダスター (dasutā) — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Japanese: 上っ張り (uwappari) — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Korean: 더스터 (deoseuteo) — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Russian: пы́льник (pýlʹnik) — a light, loose-fitting long coat
- Welsh: côt ddwster — a light, loose-fitting long coat