dust sheet
- noun
- /dʌst ʃiːt/
- UK
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cobertor
- We covered the antique furniture with a dust sheet to protect it from dust while we were away.
- covered with dust sheet
Examples
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There are dust sheets over the furniture, and the walls are being repainted.
Fiction book (1992) -
She must have slept on her couch; the twin beds were covered by plastic dust sheets.
Fiction book (1991) -
After the party, we used a dust sheet to keep the furniture clean during the cleaning process.
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The living room was filled with old items, all covered with dust sheets to prevent them from gathering dust.
Synonyms
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1.0
A thing like a lid or blanket that lies over something to keep it safe
2
3.0
A large cloth that you put over floors or furniture during painting
A large cloth put over furniture to keep off dust
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Morphology
The compound combines 'dust' (tiny particles) + 'sheet' (a piece of cloth) in a straightforward modifier–head pattern, so its meaning — a sheet used in relation to dust, i.e. to cover and protect furniture from dust — is directly inferable. This is a productive, compositional noun+noun construction found cross-linguistically, so a B1 learner who knows both constituent words would very likely understand the phrase.
Etymology
Dust sheet comes from a simple household scene: people cover furniture with a sheet so the dust settles on the cloth, not on the chair. So, it means 'a large piece of cloth used to protect furniture from dust when not in use'.