duster
See also: düster
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈdʌstɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈdʌstə/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Noun
duster (plural dusters)
- An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
- Someone who dusts.
- A loose-fitting long coat.
- (paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
- (milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
- (oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
- (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
- (Philippines) A type of loose dress worn at home as well within the vicinity of one's home.
- (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
- (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.
Descendants
Translations
object used for dusting
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person who dusts
a light, loose-fitting long coat
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Further reading
- duster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- duster (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:dusters on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈduːstɐ/
Audio (file)
Adjective
duster (strong nominative masculine singular dusterer, comparative dusterer or dustrer, superlative am dustersten)
- Alternative form of düster
Derived terms
- stockduster
- zappenduster
Norwegian Bokmål
Swedish
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