How to pronounce dust

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What dust means

verb

Most people know dust in its everyday sense. Here's its other meaning.

To sprinkle something lightly with a powder

In a sentence: Nora dusted the warm cookies with powdered sugar.

Where it comes from: It comes from the Old English word dust, which meant dry earth worn down to powder.

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