Plural of dust
regular plural
The plural of dust is dusts.
Forms of dust
| Singular | dust /dʌst/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | dusts /dʌsts/ |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Dusts in a sentence
- Perhaps his splendid ability to employ film gesture in still-photography dusts off that quaint aura of death, that yesterdayness associated with photography.1999, Flash Art, numbers 207-209, page 101. From the entry yesterdayness
Meaning of dust
- noun Fine, dry particles of matter found in the air and covering the surface of objects, typically consisting of soil lifted up by the wind, pollen, hair, fiber debris, dead skin cells, etc.
- noun Any substance reduced to fine particles; powder.
- noun Submicron particles in outer space, largely silicates and carbon compounds, that contribute greatly to extinction at visible wavelengths.
Questions about the plural of dust
- What is the plural of dust?
- The plural of dust is dusts.
- Is dust countable?
- Dust is a countable and uncountable noun.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: dust (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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