dustable

dustable

English

Etymology

    From dust + -able.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈdʌstəbəl/

    Adjective

    dustable (comparative more dustable, superlative most dustable)

    1. Of a pesticide or herbicide: suitable for crop-dusting.
      • 1999, G. T. Brooks, Pesticide Chemistry and Bioscience: The Food-Environment:
        The crop protection product form which perhaps most deserves the descriptor “traditional” is the dustable powder (DP).
    2. Capable of being cleaned with a duster.
      • 1958, Howard Nemerov, “Seven Macabre Songs”, in Mirrors and Windows:
        Small animals
        Began to mooch around and climb up this
        Reversionary desk and dustable heirloom.

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