Definitions

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  • noun a piece of cleaning equipment used to separate dust or other fine particles from another material

Etymologies

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From de- + dust + -er

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Examples

  • He was twice her age, and had hair the color of fines, eyes the color of the stuff the deduster washes out of your environment suit, and no smell at all.

    Who Do You Say I Am 2010

  • So, cradling her burned hand protectively, she nudged the suit over to the deduster with her foot, then bent and threw it in.

    Analog Science Fiction and Fact 2004

  • We design different production lines ranging 50 t/h to 500 t/h by combining different models of equipments also matching cone crusher, deduster, etc if necessary to satisfy different customers 'technological requirements.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • We design different production lines ranging 50 t/h to 500 t/h by combining different models of equipments also matching cone crusher, deduster, etc if necessary to satisfy different customers 'technological requirements.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • We design different production lines ranging 50 t/h to 500 t/h by combining different models of equipments also matching cone crusher, deduster, etc if necessary to satisfy different customers 'technological requirements.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

  • We design different production lines ranging 50 t/h to 500 t/h by combining different models of equipments also matching cone crusher, deduster, etc if necessary to satisfy different customers 'technological requirements.

    WN.com - Business News 2010

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  • dust as a verb is a contranym.

    you can dust your furniture to remove dust. (v1)

    you can dust your cake to add dusty decoration to it. (v2)

    De-dust means to remove dust in a specific industrial way, so it's both a synonym to dust (v1) and an antonym to dust (v2).

    August 24, 2023