Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

dustable

/ˈdʌstəbəl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dustable
IPA: /ˈdʌstəbəl/

11

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.

adj

Capable of being cleaned with a duster.

Example Sentences

"The crop protection product form which perhaps most deserves the descriptor “traditional” is the dustable powder (DP)."
"Small animals Began to mooch around and climb up this Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom."

Etymology

Etymology tree English dust Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dustable From dust + -able.

Inflected Forms

more dustable (comparative) most dustable (superlative)

Questions

How do you pronounce dustable?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌstəbəl/.
What does dustable mean?: Of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.
Where does dustable come from?: Etymology tree English dust Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English dustable From dust + -able.

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