dust 1
noundomain: substance
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air
Examples
- 1.the furniture was covered with dust
Hypernym
particulate 1
noun
a small discrete mass of solid or liquid matter that remains individually dispersed in gas or liquid emissions (usually considered to be an atmospheric pollutant)
EnglishDerivationally related form
Hyponym
chalk dust 1
noun
dust resulting from writing with a piece of chalk
fallout 1
noun
the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion
