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dustpan

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • /ˈdʌstpæn/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a short-handled receptacle into which dust can be swept

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: receptacle

3

noun

Meaning 3

the quantity that a dustpan will hold

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dustpanful

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: containerful

History

Etymology

From dust + pan.

Across languages

Translations

89 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: qyrek — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Arabic: مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Arabic: مَجْرُود (majrūd) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Arabic: لَقَّاطَة (laqqāṭa) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Arabic: جاروفة (jārūfa) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Armenian: գոգաթիակ (gogatʻiak) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Armenian: խաքանդազ (xakʻandaz) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Azerbaijani: xəkəndaz — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Belarusian: саво́к (savók) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Belarusian: шу́флік (šúflik) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Bulgarian: лопа́тка (lopátka) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Catalan: recollidor — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Catalan: arreplegador — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Cebuano: daspan — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Chinese Cantonese: 垃圾鏟 /垃圾铲 (laap6 saap3 caan2) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 簸箕 (bòjī) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 畚箕 (běnjī) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 垃圾鏟 /垃圾铲 (lājīchǎn) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Czech: lopatka — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Danish: fejebakke — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Dutch: blik — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Dutch: vuilblik — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Estonian: prügikühvel — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Finnish: rikkalapio — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Finnish: kihveli — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • French: pelle — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • French: pelle de ménage — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • French: pelle à ordures — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • French: pelle à poussière — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Georgian: აქანდაზი (akandazi) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • German: Kehrblech — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • German: Kehrschaufel — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • German: Kutterschaufel — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Greek: φαράσι (farási) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Hebrew: יָעֶה (ya'é) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Hindi: कूड़े का तसला (kūṛe kā taslā) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Hungarian: szemétlapát — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Icelandic: fægiskófla — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Indonesian: pengki — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Irish: sluasaidín — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Italian: paletta — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Italian: paletta della spazzatura — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Japanese: 塵取り (chiritori) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Jeju: 문독판이 (mundokpani) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Jeju: 구둠받이 (gudumbaji) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Jeju: 쓰레박 (sseurebak) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Kazakh: күрек (kürek) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Korean: 쓰레받기 (sseurebatgi) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Kyrgyz: калак (kalak) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Latvian: liekšķere — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Lithuanian: semtuvėlis — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Macedonian: ло́патка (lópatka) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Macedonian: ѓубралник (ǵubralnik) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Macedonian: ѓубрарник (ǵubrarnik) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • North Moluccan Malay: loku-loku — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Norwegian Bokmål: feiebrett — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: feiebrett — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Persian: خاکانداز (xâk-andâz) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Polish: szufelka — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Polish: śmietniczka — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Portuguese: pá de lixo — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Romanian: făraș — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Russian: сово́к (sovók) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Salar: bükü — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Scottish Gaelic: soitheach-stiùir — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Serbo-Croatian: ђу̀бро̄внӣк — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Serbo-Croatian: ло̀патица — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Serbo-Croatian: đùbrōvnīk — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Serbo-Croatian: lòpatica — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Slovak: lopatka — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Slovene: smetišnica — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Lower Sorbian: łopatka — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Spanish: recogedor — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Swedish: sopskyffel — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Tagalog: daspan — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Tagalog: pandakot — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Tajik: хокандоз (xokandoz) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Thai: ที่ตักผง — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Thai: ที่โกยผง — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Turkish: faraş — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Ukrainian: сово́к (sovók) — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Uzbek: kurakcha — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Uzbek: xokandoz — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Vietnamese: ki — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Vietnamese: ki hốt rác — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Vietnamese: đồ hốt rác — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Welsh: rhaw lwch — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Welsh: padell lwch — flat scoop for assembling dust
  • Yoruba: ìkólẹ̀ — flat scoop for assembling dust