Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

duststorm

/ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: dust-storm
IPA: /ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.

Example Sentences

"Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob"
"In the 1930s, duststorms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to countless farms."
"I saw a dust-storm at Kueichow which lasted for seven hours, burying some hovels and much agricultural country, and even producing a metamorphosis of the rocky bed of the Yangtze. Such storms have been observed as far east as Shanghai, but their occurrence at Kueichow shows that their area is not limited to the Great Plain or even to the region east of the mountain barrier between HUPEH and SZE CHUAN."

Etymology

From dust + storm.

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/
British English: /ˈdʌst.stɔːm/

Inflected Forms

duststorms (plural) dust storm (alternative)

Phrases

dust bowl dust devil

Frequently Paired Words

dust bowl dust devil

Synonyms

duster sandstorm haboob

Questions

How do you pronounce duststorm?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/.
What does duststorm mean?: A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.
Where does duststorm come from?: From dust + storm.

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