dust

dust is a 4-letter English word with 18 senses as noun, transitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust. Face value is 5 in Scrabble and 6 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 5 · Words With Friends 6 · 18 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Fine, dry particles of earth or other matter, so comminuted that they may be raised and wafted by the wind; that which is crumbled too minute portions; fine powder; as, clouds of dust; bone dust.
2. noun. A single particle of earth or other matter.
3. noun. The earth, as the resting place of the dead.
4. noun. The earthy remains of bodies once alive; the remains of the human body.
5. noun. Figuratively, a worthless thing.
6. noun. Figuratively, a low or mean condition.
7. noun. Gold dust
8. noun. Coined money; cash.
9. transitive verb. To free from dust; to brush, wipe, or sweep away dust from; as, to dust a table or a floor.
10. transitive verb. To sprinkle with dust.
11. transitive verb. To reduce to a fine powder; to levigate.
12. noun. fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air

    "the furniture was covered with dust"

13. noun. free microscopic particles of solid material

    "astronomers say that the empty space between planets actually contains measurable amounts of dust"

14. noun. the remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up

    Synonyms: debris, detritus, junk, rubble

15. verb. remove the dust from

    "dust the cabinets"

16. verb. rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape

    "The artist dusted the charcoal drawing down to a faint image"

17. verb. distribute loosely

    "He scattered gun powder under the wagon"

    Synonyms: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle

18. verb. cover with a light dusting of a substance

    "dust the bread with flour"

Synonyms

debris, detritus, junk, rubble, disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in dust:

stud

Common word forms

dusts, dusted, duster, dusting, dustless

Words from these letters

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