dust-storm

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

Meanings

noundust-storm (plural dust-storms)

plural dust-storms

  1. alternativeAlternative spelling of duststorm.

    (...) fallen cyclopean blocks of stone; shattered images, whose horrific features the corroding winds and dust-storms had half erased.

    1933, Robert Ervin Howard, Black Colossus
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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dust-storm,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dust-storm.

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