Dictionary

duststorm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈdʌst.stɔɹm/ (General-American)
• /ˈdʌst.stɔːm/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From dust + storm.

Meanings

1. A phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow soil particles up into a planet's atmosphere.
   • Near-synonyms: sandstorm (broadly synonymous), haboob
   • I saw a dust-storm at Kueichow which lasted for seven hours, burying some hovels and much agricultural country, and even producing a metamorphosis of the rocky bed of the Yangtze. Such storms have been observed as far east as Shanghai, but their occurrence at Kueichow shows that their area is not limited to the Great Plain or even to the region east of the mountain barrier between HUPEH and SZE CHUAN. [1900, Isabella L. Bird, The Yangtze Valley and Beyond, volume 1, →OCLC, →OL, page 9:
   • In the 1930s, duststorms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to countless farms.

Forms

Hypernyms

storm

Relateds

dust devil · dust bowl

Synonyms

haboob · duster · sandstorm

Translations (34)

hi आँधी (A storm of dust) · be пы́льная бу́ра (A storm of dust) · fr tempête de sable (A storm of dust) · tr toz fırtınası (A storm of dust) · de Staubsturm (A storm of dust) · fi pölymyrsky (A storm of dust) · hi अंधड़ (A storm of dust) · et liivatorm (A storm of dust) · da støvstorm (A storm of dust) · fa طوفانِ شِن (A storm of dust) · nb støvstorm (A storm of dust) · nl stofstorm (A storm of dust) · ja 砂塵嵐 (A storm of dust) · nn støvstorm (A storm of dust) · cmn 塵暴 /尘暴 (A storm of dust) · eo polvoŝtormo (A storm of dust) · ar عَاصِفَة الْغُبَار (A storm of dust) · de Sandsturm (A storm of dust) · pl burza piaskowa (A storm of dust) · pl burza pyłowa (A storm of dust) · es polvareda (A storm of dust) · et tolmutorm (A storm of dust) · bgc अँधोड़ (A storm of dust) · cmn 沙塵暴 /沙尘暴 (A storm of dust) · es tormenta de polvo (A storm of dust) · ja 砂嵐 (A storm of dust) · ar عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة (A storm of dust) · he סופת חול (A storm of dust) · hy փոշոտ փոթորիկ (A storm of dust) · ru пы́льная бу́ря (A storm of dust) · kk шаңды дауыл (A storm of dust) · uk пилова́ бу́ря (A storm of dust) · pt tempestade de poeira (A storm of dust) · hu homokvihar (A storm of dust)