Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air.

Roget 653: uncleanness etc. adj.; impurity; immundity^†, immundicity^†; impurity etc. 961 [of mind]. defilement, contamination etc. v.; defoedation^†; soilure^†, soiliness^†; abomination; leaven; taint, tainture^†; fetor etc. 401^†.    decay; putrescence, putrefaction; corruption; mold, must, mildew, dry rot, mucor, rubigo^†.    slovenry^†; slovenliness etc. adj.; squalor.    dowdy, drab, slut, malkin^†, slattern, sloven, slammerkin^†, slammock^†, slummock^†, scrub, draggle-tail, mudlark^†, dust-man, sweep; beast.    dirt, filth, soil, slop; dust, cobweb, flue; smoke, soot, smudge, smut, grit, grime, raff^†; sossle^†, sozzle^†.    sordes^†, dregs, grounds, lees; argol^†; sediment, settlement heeltap^†; dross, drossiness^†; mother^†, precipitate, scoriae, ashes, cinders.    recrement^†, slag; scum, froth.    hogwash; ditchwater^†, dishwater, bilgewater^†; rinsings, cheeseparings; sweepings etc. (useless refuse) 645; offscourings^†, outscourings^†; off scum; caput mortuum [Lat.], residuum, sprue, fecula [Lat.], clinker, draff^†; scurf, scurfiness^†; exuviae [Lat.], morphea; fur, furfur^†; dandruff, tartar.    riffraff; vermin, louse, flea, bug, chinch^†.    mud, mire, quagmire, alluvium, silt, sludge, slime, slush, slosh, sposh [U.S.].    spawn, offal, gurry [U.S.]; lientery^†; garbage, carrion; excreta etc. 299; slough, peccant humor, pus, matter, suppuration, lienteria^†; faeces, feces, excrement, ordure, dung, crap [Vulg.], shit [Vulg.]; sewage, sewerage; muck; coprolite; guano, manure, compost.    dunghill, colluvies^†, mixen^†, midden, bog, laystall^†, sink, privy, jakes; toilet, john, head; cess^†, cesspool; sump, sough, cloaca, latrines, drain, sewer, common sewer; Cloacina; dust hole.    sty, pigsty, lair, den, Augean stable^†, sink of corruption; slum, rookery.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 362: corpse, corse^†, carcass, cadaver, bones, skeleton, dry bones; defunct, relics, reliquiae [Lat.], remains, mortal remains, dust, ashes, earth, clay; mummy; carrion; food for worms, food for fishes; tenement of clay this mortal coil.    shade, ghost, manes.    organic remains, fossils.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 320: levity; lightness etc. adj.; imponderability, buoyancy, volatility.    feather, dust, mote, down, thistle, down, flue, cobweb, gossamer, straw, cork, bubble, balloon; float, buoy; ether, air.    leaven, ferment, barm^†, yeast.    lighter-than-air balloon, helium balloon, hydrogen balloon, hot air balloon.    convection, thermal draft, thermal.    ... meer laten zien

Roget 800: money, legal tender; money matters, money market; finance; accounts etc. 811; funds, treasure; capital, stock; assets etc. (property) 780; wealth etc. 803; supplies, ways and means, wherewithal, sinews of war, almighty dollar, needful, cash; mammon.    [colloquial terms for money] dough, cabbage.    money-like instruments, M1, M2, sum, amount; balance, balance sheet; sum total; proceeds etc. (receipts) 810.    currency, circulating medium, specie, coin, piece [Fr.], hard cash, cold cash; dollar, sterling coin; pounds shillings and pence; Ls.   d.; pocket, breeches pocket, purse; money in hand, cash at hand; ready money, ready cash; slug [U.S.], wad [Slang] wad of bills [U.S.], wad of money, thick wad of bills, roll of dough [Coll.]; rhino^†, blunt^†, dust^†, mopus^†, tin^†, salt^†, chink^†; argent comptant [Lat.]; bottom dollar, buzzard dollar^†; checks, dibs [Slang].    [specific types of currency] double eagle, eagle; Federal currency, fractional currency, postal currency; Federal Reserve Note, United States Note, silver certificate^†, gold certificate^†; long bit, short bit [U.S.]; moss, nickel, pile [Slang], pin money, quarter [U.S.], red cent, roanoke^†, rock [Slang]; seawan^†, seawant^†; thousand dollars, grand [Coll.].    [types of paper currency, U.S.] single, one-dollar bill; two-dollar bill; five-dollar bill, fiver [Coll.], fin [Coll.], Lincoln; ten-dollar bill, sawbuck; twenty-dollar bill, Jackson, double sawbuck; fifty-dollar bill; hundred-dollar bill, C-note.    [types of U.S. coins: list] penny, cent, Lincoln cent, indian head penny, copper [1700-1900]; two-cent piece three-cent piece [Fr.], half-dime^†, nickel, buffalo nickel, V nickel^†, dime, disme^†, mercury dime^†, quarter, two bits, half dollar, dollar, silver dollar, Eisenhower dollar, Susan B.    Anthony dollar^†.    precious metals, gold, silver, copper, bullion, ingot, nugget.    petty cash, pocket money, change, small change, small coin, doit^†, stiver^†, rap, mite, farthing, sou, penny, shilling, tester, groat, guinea; rouleau^†; wampum; good sum, round sum, lump sum; power of money, plum, lac of rupees.    major coin, crown; minor coin.    monetarist, monetary theory.    [Science of coins] numismatics, chrysology^†.    [coin scholar or collector] numismatist.    paper money, greenback; major denomination, minor denomination; money order, postal money order, Post Office order; bank note; bond; bill, bill of exchange; order, warrant, coupon, debenture, exchequer bill, assignat^†; blueback [U.S.], hundi^†, shinplaster [U.S.].    note, note of hand; promissory note, I O U; draft, check, cheque, back-dated check; negotiable order of withdrawal, NOW.    remittance etc. (payment) 807; credit etc. 805; liability etc. 806.    drawer, drawee^†; obligor^†, obligee^†; moneyer^†, coiner.    false money, bad money; base coin, flash note, slip^†, kite [Slang]; fancy stocks; Bank of Elegance.    argumentum ad crumenam [Lat.].    letter of credit.    circulation, multiplier effect.    [variation in the value of currency] inflation, double-digit inflation, hyperinflation, erosion of the currency, debasement of the currency; deflation; stagflation.    [relative value of two currencies] exchange rate, rate of exchange, floating exchange rates, fixed rates.    [place to exchange currencies] currency counter, currency exchange, bureau de change [Fr.].    gold-backed currency, gold standard, silver standard.    bank account, savings account, checking account, money market account, NOW account, time deposit, deposit, demand deposit, super NOW account; certificate of deposit, CD.    [money symbols] $ [U.S.], US$ [U.S.]; Y; A$.    [authorities controlling currency] Federal Reserve Bank [U.S.], central bank [U.S.]; Federal Reserve Board, board of governors of the Federal Reserve; Treasury Department; Secret Service.    [place where money is manufactured] mint, bureau of engraving.    [government profit in manufacturing money] seigniorage.    [false money] counterfeit, funny money, bogus money, (falsehood) 545.    [cost of money] interest, interest rate, discount rate.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: stof
Pools: proch, pył

The remains of something that has been destroyed or broken up.

synoniemen: debris, detritus, junk, rubble.

Roget 330: powderiness^† [State of powder.], pulverulence^†; sandiness etc. adj.; efflorescence; friability.    powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule^†; crumb, seed, grain; particle etc. (smallness) 32; limature^†, filings, debris, detritus, tailings, talus slope, scobs^†, magistery^†, fine powder; flocculi [Lat.].    smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm.    [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution^†, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction^†, contusion, trituration [Chem], levigation^†, abrasion, detrition, multure^†; limitation; tripsis^†; filing etc. v.. [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra^†, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern^†, quern^†, koniology^†.    ... meer laten zien

Nederlands: bik, puin, restanten, steenbik, wrakhout, wrakstukken
Pools: gruz

Free microscopic particles of solid material.

Nederlands: afstoffen, stoffen, stof, gruis
Pools: pył meteorowy, pył gwiezdny, pył kosmiczny

Remove the dust from.

Nederlands: afdoen, afvegen

Rub the dust over a surface so as to blur the outlines of a shape.

Cover with a light dusting of a substance.

Distribute loosely.

synoniemen: disperse, dot, scatter, sprinkle.

Nederlands: verstrooien