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dust

/dʌst/

US pronunciation
American sound/dʌst/
dust
Syllables
1 syllable
Stress
One strong syllable
Vowel
Short u vowel
Ending
Clear final sound

US voice -> dust

Myanmar meaning

(n) ဖုန် (v) ဖုန်ခါ

Full entry

dust /dʌst/ n [U]

ဖုန်။ ဖုတ်။ မြေမှုန့်။ အမှုန့်။
a speck of dust ❍ clouds of dust blowing in the wind ❍ gold/chalk dust (ie gold chalk powder) ❍ The furniture was covered in a thick layer of dust. ❍ You might as well have these books; they're only gathering dust here (ie they are not being used). ❍ The old parchment crumbled into dust when I touched it. See also DUSTY
v (က) ဖုန်ခါသည်။ ဖုန်သုတ်သည်။
dust the furniture/books/living-room.
(ခ) ~ sb/oneself down/off (Brit )
(ကိုယ်ပေါ်မှ) ဖုန်ခါပစ်သည်။
Dust yourself down—you're covered in chalk.
❏ dust cover (also dust-jacket ) n စာအုပ်အပေါ်ဖုံး။
❏ duster n ဖုန်သုတ်အဝတ်။
❏ dust sth off [PHRV ] ချောင်ထိုးထားသည့် ပစ္စည်းကို ထုတ်သုံးသည်။ For the office party I dusted off a song I'd written as a student years ago.
❏ dust sth onto, over, etc sth [PHRV ] အမှုန့်ထူထူ ဖြူး သည်။ dust sugar onto a cake.
❏ dust-sheet n (မသုံးသည့်ပရိဘောဂများ) ဖုန်မတက်အောင် အုပ်သော ပလတ်စတစ်စ စသည်။
❏ dust-up n (infml ) ရန်ပွဲ။ There was a bit of a dust-up at the pub last night.
❏ dust sth with sth [PHRV ] ပါးပါးဖြူးသည်။ Lightly dust the cake with icing sugar.
❏ when the dust has settled [IDM ]
ကိစ္စဝိစ္စတွေ ငြိမ်သက်သွားတဲ့အခါ။

More examples
  • The dictionaries were covered in dust.
  • There were clouds of dust in the distance as the truck approached.
  • Gold/coal dust
  • The sideboard is filthy – can you give it a dust?
Synonyms
powder, dirt, sand, earth, soil, filth, grime, ashes, besprinkle, bister, brown, brush, burnt sienna, chestnut, chocolate, cinders, cinnamon, clean, clean up, cocoa, copper, cover, dredge, dust bunnies, duster, fawner, flakes, fragments, gilings, granules, grit, ground, hazel, henna, khaki, lint, loess, mahogany, ochre, puce, refuse, russet, scatter, sepia, sift, smut, snuff-colored, soot, sorrel, spray, spread, sprinkle, terra cotta, terracotta, toaster, umber, wipe, wipe down, wipe up
Antonyms
cleanliness, collect, gather, purity
Cross references
powderdirtsandearthsoilfilthgrimeashesbesprinklebisterbrownbrushburnt siennachestnutchocolatecinderscinnamoncleanclean upcocoacoppercoverdredgedust bunniesdusterfawnerflakesfragments
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