dust trap

noun

A place where dust tends to collect.

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Meanings

noundust trap (plural dust traps)

plural dust traps

  1. A place where dust tends to collect.

    Of course the rolling stock is furnished in a style as modern as tomorrow, with a complete absence of dust traps and fussiness.

    1963 August, W. Shepherd, “Stockholm's modern underground railway”, in Modern Railways, page 97
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APA

dust trap. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20trap

MLA

“dust trap.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20trap. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust trap,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust%20trap.

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