dustpan
/ˈdʌstpæn/
dustpan noun: a flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
Noun
dustpan (plural dustpans)
- A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
- When she got downstairs, she would find the house tidy, but dirty. She could not rest until she had thoroughly cleaned; so she went down to the ash-pit with her dustpan.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
dustpan meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Gujarati and Tagalog
dustpan in Hindi
- flat scoop for assembling dust
- कूड़े का तसला kūṛe kā taslā
dustpan in Tamil
- குப்பை முறம்
dustpan in Gujarati
- dustpan
- સૂપડી napũsakliṅg
dustpan in Tagalog
- flat scoop for assembling dust
- daspan, pandakot
More languagesFewer languages
- dustpan in Arabic
- مِجْرَفَة mijrafa, مَجْرُود majrūd, لَقَّاطَة laqqāṭa
- dustpan in Indonesian
- pengki
- dustpan in Persian
- خاکانداز xâk-andâz
- dustpan in Thai
- ที่ตักผง, ที่โกยผง
- dustpan in Vietnamese
- ki, ki hốt rác, đồ hốt rác
Forms of dustpan
| plural | dustpans |
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Origin of dustpan
From dust + pan.
Words formed from dustpan
Phrases with dustpan
Questions about dustpan
- What does dustpan mean?
- Dustpan means a flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
- What is dustpan in Hindi?
- Dustpan in Hindi is कूड़े का तसला (kūṛe kā taslā). See Dustpan meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dustpan?
- Dustpan is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dustpan?
- Dustpan is pronounced /ˈdʌstpæn/.
- What is the plural of dustpan?
- The plural of dustpan is dustpans.
Words near dustpan in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dustpan (page history and authors); dustpan (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); સૂપડી (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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