Definitions for dusters

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dusters dust·er

Spelling: [duhs-ter]

IPA: /ˈdʌs tər/

Dusters is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 7 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 8 points.

You can make 163 anagrams from letters in dusters (dersstu).

Definitions for dusters

noun

1. a person or thing that removes or applies dust.
2. a cloth, brush, etc., for removing dust.
3. a lightweight housecoat.
4. an apparatus or device for sprinkling dust, powder, insecticide, or the like, especially on plants.
5. a person employed in spreading insecticidal dusts or the like on crops from a low-flying plane.
6. a long, light overgarment, worn especially in the early days of open automobiles to protect the clothing from dust.
7. a summer-weight coat for women that is loose-fitting and often unlined.
8. dust storm.
9. Baseball. a ball purposely thrown by a pitcher at or dangerously close to a batter.
10. dry hole.
11. (initial capital letter) Military. a self-propelled U.S. antiaircraft gun of the 1950s, armed with twin 40mm cannon.

Origin of dusters

First recorded in 1570-80; dust + -er¹

Examples for dusters

She threw the duster on a chair, left the room and went to the kitchen.

A yawning maid was at work in one of the parlors with a duster.

When I go near the rubbish with my duster he trembles like an aspen.

He put on his hat and duster and he delivered the letter to Garcia.

He was a tall, spare man, and he preached in a long linen "duster."

He has all his housework there, a broom and a duster, and I dare say he has a cooking-stove and a gridiron.

I found out that she bought a duster like the disguise the two men saw her in.

She turned as she spoke, and busied herself with a duster where there was no need for it.

She could see the chauffeur, in his duster and goggles, standing in the road, too.

Ilona in the best bedroom was busy as usual with duster and brush.