Dictionary

dedust en · VERB

Etymology

From de- + dust.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To remove the dust from.
   • Today, janitor Duck, you'll polish the stones! […] This collection of rubble from the ancient Inca ruins of Peru has been gathering dust for sixty years! Dedust it! 1949, “Lost in the Andes!”, in Donald Duck:
   • Therefore, it is important to study wet dedusting to achieve higher dust removal efficiency on the fully mechanized face. 2015 July 15, Gang Zhou et al., “Effects of Oxygen Element and Oxygen-Containing Functional Groups on Surface Wettability of Coal Dust with Various Metamorphic Degrees Based on XPS Experiment”, in Journal of Analytical Methods in Chemistry, volume 2015, →DOI:

Forms

Deriveds

deduster

Synonyms

dust