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dust bag

dust bag is the alternative spelling of dustbag.

Meaning of dustbag

Noun

dustbag (plural dustbags)

  1. The bag inside a vacuum cleaner where collected dust is stored.
    • These may contain filters manufactured without the use of harmful materials and may not require a dustbag. Dyson vacuum cleaners are examples of designs with such characteristics.2002, Patrick W. Jordan, Designing Pleasurable Products, page 80
  2. A bag in which clothing can be protected from damage.
    • […] old textbooks and dusty encyclopedias, clothing hanging from rafters in dustbags, and all the other useless and superfluous stuff usually found in attics.2005, J. C. Morris, The End of Arrogance, page 304

Forms of dust bag

pluraldust bags

Questions about dust bag

What is dust bag the alternative spelling of?
Dust bag is the alternative spelling of dustbag.

Words near dust bag in the dictionary

  1. dussumierid
  2. dussumierids
  3. dussumieriid
  4. dussumieriids
  5. dust
  6. dust bag
  7. dust bags
  8. dust bath
  9. dust bathing
  10. dust baths
  11. dust beater

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