different between duster vs dustable

English

Etymology

From dust +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d?st?/

Noun

duster (plural dusters)

1. An object, now especially a cloth, used for dusting surfaces etc.
2. Someone who dusts.
3. A light, 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 sundress.
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

Further reading

• duster on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster (clothing) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• duster on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

Anagrams

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

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?du?st?/

Adjective

duster (comparative dusterer or dustrer, superlative am dustersten)

1. Alternative form of düster

Derived terms

• stockduster
• zappenduster

Further reading

• “duster” in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

duster m

1. indefinite plural of dust

English

Etymology

dust +? -able

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d?st?b?l/

Adjective

dustable (comparative more dustable, superlative most dustable)

1. Describing a pesticide or herbicide that is suitable for crop-dusting.
2. Capable of being cleaned with a duster.
   • 1958, Howard Nemerov, "Seven Macabre Songs", in Mirrors and Windows

     Small animals
     Began to mooch around and climb up this
     Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom.

Anagrams

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