Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
dust .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective as fine and powdery as dust
Etymologies
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Examples
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A strong headwind can pick up the fine dustlike sand in a blast that is blinding and choking.
Obama’s Wars Bob Woodward 2010
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You'll never know if you don't try it for yourself, she thought, then dumped the dustlike flakes into her mouth.
Mistborn Sanderson_Brandon 2006
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Early in the formation of the solar system, the interstellar space between the earth and the sun was filled with a lot of dustlike particles.
The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001
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Early in the formation of the solar system, the interstellar space between the earth and the sun was filled with a lot of dustlike particles.
The Source John Clayton Nils Jansma 2001
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Their dustlike seeds travel easily on the wind, spreading these plants from island to island.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Their dustlike seeds travel easily on the wind, spreading these plants from island to island.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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Their dustlike seeds travel easily on the wind, spreading these plants from island to island.
The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States Janine M. Benyus 1989
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After the puffball has matured, the contents change into a brown, dustlike mass, and the top falls off; and it is then inedible.
The Home Medical Library, Volume V (of VI) Kenelm Winslow
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She leaned out of bed, and watched Thistle strew the fine dustlike grains in each shoe.
The Children's Book of Christmas Stories Asa Don Dickinson 1918
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After the land is manured and plowed it should be gone over in all directions with a disk and smoothing harrow, until it is of a dustlike fineness.
Three Acres and Liberty Bolton Hall 1896
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