Definitions for dustpan

dustpan dust·pan

Spelling: [duhst-pan]
IPA: /ˈdʌstˌpæn/

Dustpan is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 199 anagrams from letters in dustpan (adnpstu).

Definitions for dustpan

noun

  1. a short-handled shovellike utensil into which dust is swept for removal.

Origin of dustpan

First recorded in 1775-85; dust + pan1

Examples for dustpan

"Sweep it up," ordered his mother, and Jerry had to get out the brush and dustpan.

And I fell into the dustpan and never so much as wriggled a toe.

One day he and some of his roommates were cleaning their room and one of the guys threw the dustpan out into the hall.

The sight of that dustpan filled me with hopes that were doomed to disappointment.

Hodder took the dustpan from her hand, and flung its contents into the fireplace.

I don't have to have a dustpan ready, in case I should jolt him one.

So they swept it into the dustpan and settled down to the scrubbing of the floor.

This left her boss, the commander in chief, to hand his nine-iron to the caddy and grimly ask for broom and dustpan.

Slowly she left the room, carrying her broom and dustpan with her.

He carried the dustpan and broom away to their places, but he did not reenter the room.

Word Value for dustpan
Scrable

10

Words with friends

13

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