Meanings
noundustpan (plural dustpans)
plural dustpans
- A flat scoop with a handle, into which dust, dirt and other material is conveyed with a brush or broom.
When she got downstairs, she would find the house tidy, but dirty. She could not rest until she had thoroughly cleaned; so she went down to the ash-pit with her dustpan.
1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC
Synonyms & antonyms
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Translations
Arabic مِجْرَفَة, مَجْرُود
- مِجْرَفَة (mijrafa)flat scoop for assembling dust
- مَجْرُود (majrūd)flat scoop for assembling dust
- لَقَّاطَة (laqqāṭa)flat scoop for assembling dust
Bulgarian лопа́тка
- лопа́тка (lopátka)flat scoop for assembling dust
Catalan recollidor, arreplegador
- recollidorflat scoop for assembling dust
- arreplegadorflat scoop for assembling dust
Chinese Cantonese 垃圾鏟 /垃圾铲
- 垃圾鏟 /垃圾铲 (laap⁶ saap³ caan²)flat scoop for assembling dust
Chinese Mandarin 簸箕, 畚箕
- 簸箕 (bòjī)flat scoop for assembling dust
- 畚箕 (běnjī)flat scoop for assembling dust
- 垃圾鏟 /垃圾铲 (lājīchǎn)flat scoop for assembling dust
Czech lopatka
- lopatkaflat scoop for assembling dust
Danish fejebakke
- fejebakkeflat scoop for assembling dust
Dutch blik, vuilblik
- blikflat scoop for assembling dust
- vuilblikflat scoop for assembling dust
Estonian prügikühvel
- prügikühvelflat scoop for assembling dust
Finnish rikkalapio, kihveli
- rikkalapioflat scoop for assembling dust
- kihveliflat scoop for assembling dust
French pelle, pelle de ménage
- pelleflat scoop for assembling dust
- pelle de ménageflat scoop for assembling dust
- pelle à orduresflat scoop for assembling dust
- pelle à poussièreflat scoop for assembling dust
German Kehrblech, Kehrschaufel
- Kehrblechflat scoop for assembling dust
- Kehrschaufelflat scoop for assembling dust
- Kutterschaufelflat scoop for assembling dust
Greek φαράσι
- φαράσι (farási)flat scoop for assembling dust
Hebrew יָעֶה
- יָעֶה (ya'é)flat scoop for assembling dust
Hindi कूड़े का तसला
- कूड़े का तसला (kūṛe kā taslā)flat scoop for assembling dust
Hungarian szemétlapát
- szemétlapátflat scoop for assembling dust
Icelandic fægiskófla
- fægiskóflaflat scoop for assembling dust
Indonesian pengki
- pengkiflat scoop for assembling dust
Irish sluasaidín
- sluasaidínflat scoop for assembling dust
Italian paletta, paletta della spazzatura
- palettaflat scoop for assembling dust
- paletta della spazzaturaflat scoop for assembling dust
Japanese 塵取り
- 塵取り (chiritori)flat scoop for assembling dust
Korean 쓰레받기
- 쓰레받기 (sseurebatgi)flat scoop for assembling dust
Latvian liekšķere
- liekšķereflat scoop for assembling dust
Lithuanian semtuvėlis
- semtuvėlisflat scoop for assembling dust
Norwegian Bokmål feiebrett
- feiebrettflat scoop for assembling dust
Persian خاکانداز
- خاکانداز (xâk-andâz)flat scoop for assembling dust
Polish szufelka, śmietniczka
- szufelkaflat scoop for assembling dust
- śmietniczkaflat scoop for assembling dust
Portuguese pá de lixo
- pá de lixoflat scoop for assembling dust
Romanian făraș
- fărașflat scoop for assembling dust
Russian сово́к
- сово́к (sovók)flat scoop for assembling dust
Scottish Gaelic soitheach-stiùir
- soitheach-stiùirflat scoop for assembling dust
Slovak lopatka
- lopatkaflat scoop for assembling dust
Spanish recogedor
- recogedorflat scoop for assembling dust
Swedish sopskyffel
- sopskyffelflat scoop for assembling dust
Tagalog daspan, pandakot
- daspanflat scoop for assembling dust
- pandakotflat scoop for assembling dust
Thai ที่ตักผง, ที่โกยผง
- ที่ตักผงflat scoop for assembling dust
- ที่โกยผงflat scoop for assembling dust
Turkish faraş
- faraşflat scoop for assembling dust
Ukrainian сово́к
- сово́к (sovók)flat scoop for assembling dust
Vietnamese ki, ki hốt rác
- kiflat scoop for assembling dust
- ki hốt rácflat scoop for assembling dust
- đồ hốt rácflat scoop for assembling dust
Welsh rhaw lwch, padell lwch
- rhaw lwchflat scoop for assembling dust
- padell lwchflat scoop for assembling dust
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Cite this entry
APA
dustpan. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustpan
MLA
“dustpan.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustpan. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dustpan,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dustpan.
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