Meaning

11 senses
  1. An object, such as a cloth or a purpose-made soft and puffy pad or mitt, used for dusting surfaces etc.

    Staubtuch, Staublappen, Staubwedel

    тря́пкаtrjápka, щёткаščótka

    ганчі́ркаhančírka

    a piece of cloth used for dusting

  2. Someone who dusts.

    Staubwischer, Staubwischerin

    убо́рщикubórščik, убо́рщицаubórščica

  3. A loose-fitting long coat.

    Staubmantel

    пы́льникpýlʹnik

    a loose coverall (coat or frock) reaching down to the ankles

  4. A revolving wire-cloth cylinder which removes the dust from rags, etc.

  5. A blowing machine for separating the flour from the bran.

  6. A dry drillhole, one that does not produce oil or gas.

  7. (informal)A vehicle-mounted, multi-barrelled anti-aircraft gun.

  8. (Philippines)A type of loose dress worn at home as well as within the vicinity of one's home.

    Near-synonym: housedress

  9. A block of felt strips, shaped ergonomically, used to remove chalk from a chalkboard.

  10. A high pitch toward the batter.

    a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter

  11. A duststorm.

    Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob

Examples

7 sentences
  1. Do you have a duster?

    deHast du einen Staubwedel?

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  2. The cat went after my feather duster.

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  3. Ziri cleaned the mirror with a duster.

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  4. A chambermaid holding a duster is waiting outside the door.

    deVor der Tür wartet ein Zimmermädchen, das ein Staubwischtuch in der Hand hält.

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  5. I can't reach the ceiling with this duster, so I can't clean it.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
object used for dusting:
Русский
By meaning 3
object used for dusting:
person who dusts:
a light, loose-fitting long coat:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
object used for dusting:
person who dusts:
a light, loose-fitting long coat:

Forms

plural: dusters
Singularduster
Pluraldusters

regular

Synonyms

11 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

12 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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