Phrase Hound found 11 phrases and 6 compound words that contain dusts. The most common are listed below. Open dusts in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 11
- crop-duststhird-person singular simple present indicative of crop-dust: To carry out crop-dusting.
- dusts downthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust down: To remove dust from.
- dusts offthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust off: To remove dust from.
- dusts outthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust out: A cloud of dust or duststorm that creates conditions of inadequate visibility.
- dusts upthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust up: A scuffle or fight.
- extraterrestrial dustsplural of extraterrestrial dust: Synonym of stardust (“fragments found in space”).
- feather-duststhird-person singular simple present indicative of feather-dust: To clean with a feather duster.
- smelter dustsplural of smelter dust: A smoke or dust released during the refining of metals; often contains volatile elements such as arsenic
- dusts off a batterthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust off a batter: for a pitcher to throw a pitch at or near the batter, typically to frighten the batter or to have him stand farther away from home plate.
- dusts off the cobwebsthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust off the cobwebs: To begin an activity that has been suspended for a long time; to return to something after a long time, especially when there is a need to regain former familiarity …
- dusts someone's jacketthird-person singular simple present indicative of dust someone's jacket: To give someone a beating.
Compound words 6
- coaldustsplural of coaldust: The dust of coal.
- exoduststhird-person singular simple present indicative of exodust: Of an African-American: to leave a state in the Southern United States as part of a mass migration, especially the Exodus of 1879.
- nanodustsplural of nanodust: Nanoscale dust, especially such atmospheric dust that may be a health hazard, or a source of metals.
- overduststhird-person singular simple present indicative of overdust: To dust with too much powder.
- sawdustsplural of sawdust: The fine particles (dust) created by sawing wood or other material.
- stardustsplural of stardust: Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System …