duster - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

Etymology

From dust +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

duster (plural dusters)

1. An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
2. Someone who dusts.
3. A loose-fitting long coat.
4. (paper-making) A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.
5. (milling) A blowing-machine for separating the flour from the bran.
6. (oil and gas) A dry drill hole, one that does not produce oil or gas.
7. (military, informal) A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled, anti-aircraft gun.
8. (Philippines) A type of loose dress worn at home as well within the vicinity of one's home.
9. (education) A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a blackboard.
10. (baseball) A high pitch toward the batter.

Translations

Descendants

• → Cebuano: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)
• → Indonesian: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)
• → Tagalog: daster (“type of loose dress worn at home”)

Further reading

•   duster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
•   duster (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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Anagrams

• Studer, deturs, durste, rudest, rusted, strude, uderts

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈduːstɐ/

Adjective

duster (strong nominative masculine singular dusterer, comparative dusterer or dustrer, superlative am dustersten)

1. Alternative form of düster

Derived terms

• stockduster
• zappenduster

Further reading

• “duster” in Duden online
• “duster” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Noun

duster m

1. indefinite plural of dust