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dustable

/ˈdʌstəbəl/

dustable adjective: of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.

Adjective

dustable (comparative more dustable, superlative most dustable)

  1. Of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.
    • The crop protection product form which perhaps most deserves the descriptor “traditional” is the dustable powder (DP).1999, G. T. Brooks, Pesticide Chemistry and Bioscience: The Food-Environment
  2. Capable of being cleaned with a duster.
    • Small animals
      Began to mooch around and climb up this
      Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom.1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows

Forms of dustable

comparativemore dustable
superlativemost dustable

Origin of dustable

From dust + -able.

Questions about dustable

What does dustable mean?
Dustable means of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.
What part of speech is dustable?
Dustable is an adjective.
How do you pronounce dustable?
Dustable is pronounced /ˈdʌstəbəl/.

Words near dustable in the dictionary

  1. dust-outs
  2. dust-ridden
  3. dust-tight
  4. dust-up
  5. dust-ups
  6. dustable
  7. dustbag
  8. dustbags
  9. dustball
  10. dustballs
  11. dustbath

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