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duststorm

noun · 1 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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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdʌst.stɔːm/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/

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noun

Meaning 1

A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob
  • In the 1930s, duststorms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to countless farms.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: duster, sandstorm, haboob

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: storm

History

Etymology

From dust + storm.

Across languages

Translations

33 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَاصِفَة الْغُبَار (ʕāṣifat al-ḡubār) — A storm of dust
  • Arabic: عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة (ʕāṣifa ramliyya) — A storm of dust
  • Armenian: փոշոտ փոթորիկ (pʻošot pʻotʻorik) — A storm of dust
  • Belarusian: пы́льная бу́ра (pýlʹnaja búra) — A storm of dust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴 (shāchénbào) — A storm of dust
  • Chinese Mandarin: 塵暴 /尘暴 (chénbào) — A storm of dust
  • Danish: støvstorm — A storm of dust
  • Dutch: stofstorm — A storm of dust
  • Esperanto: polvoŝtormo — A storm of dust
  • Estonian: tolmutorm — A storm of dust
  • Estonian: liivatorm — A storm of dust
  • French: tempête de sable — A storm of dust
  • German: Sandsturm — A storm of dust
  • German: Staubsturm — A storm of dust
  • Haryanvi: अँधोड़ (andhoṛ) — A storm of dust
  • Hebrew: סופת חול — A storm of dust
  • Hindi: अंधड़ (andhaṛ) — A storm of dust
  • Hindi: आँधी (āndhī) — A storm of dust
  • Hungarian: homokvihar — A storm of dust
  • Japanese: 砂塵嵐 (sajin arashi) — A storm of dust
  • Japanese: 砂嵐 (sunaarashi) — A storm of dust
  • Kazakh: шаңды дауыл (şañdy dauyl) — A storm of dust
  • Norwegian Bokmål: støvstorm — A storm of dust
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: støvstorm — A storm of dust
  • Persian: طوفانِ شِن (tufân-e šen) — A storm of dust
  • Polish: burza piaskowa — A storm of dust
  • Polish: burza pyłowa — A storm of dust
  • Portuguese: tempestade de poeira — A storm of dust
  • Russian: пы́льная бу́ря (pýlʹnaja búrja) — A storm of dust
  • Spanish: polvareda — A storm of dust
  • Spanish: tormenta de polvo — A storm of dust
  • Turkish: toz fırtınası — A storm of dust
  • Ukrainian: пилова́ бу́ря (pylová búrja) — A storm of dust