dust-covered
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- adjective
- /ˈdʌstˌkʌvərd/
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cubierto de polvo
- She opened the dust-covered book, revealing forgotten stories from her childhood.
Examples
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Nora discovered in a closet a dust-covered tin from her school days soon after Gran came back and her fling with Anton ended.
Fiction book (1998) -
If he saw a skeleton in the closet, tiny bird bones arranging themselves on the dust-covered floor, he didn't say anything.
Fiction book (2001) -
His face was dust-covered and tense.
Fiction book (2001) -
Papers are scattered across its surface, next to a dust-covered typewriter.
Fiction book (1998) -
It was bad enough to hear him complain about the dust-covered Halloween costumes, my eighth-grade graduation, or ninth-grade dance dresses.
Fiction book (2001) -
In the room Alvin had put him in, there was a pile of boxes in the corner, a torn magazine or two, an old pink necklace lying on a dust-covered table, and a grade-six mathematics book with the cover torn and marked with an orange crayon.
Fiction book (1993) -
On the top shelf, there was an artistic arrangement, like the seating of a Greek theater, of tiny, dust-covered shampoo bottles bearing the crests and imprints of various hotels.
Fiction book (1998) -
The old attic was filled with dust-covered furniture that hadn't been used in years.
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The abandoned car remained stationary, its dust-covered windows hiding the worn interior.
Synonyms
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Having a layer of dust that makes it look dirty
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Covered by a thin layer of another substance for protection or decoration
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Having something on top or around it
Having dust on it from not being cleaned
Having many small bits of dust floating in the air
Completely covered in mud, paint or dust
Completely covered by a layer, like snow or fog
A thing that is covered by a layer like a cloak or mist
Antonyms
How Dusty
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Dust-covered combines dust, which means 'fine dry particles', and covered, which means 'put over'. So it literally means 'covered with a layer of dust', a helpful image for something left alone for a long time.