how to pronounce dust

/ˈdʌst/

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the above transcription of dust is a detailed (narrow) transcription according to the rules of the International Phonetic Association; you can find a description of each symbol by clicking the phoneme buttons in the secction below.

dust is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of dust in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… once a week get on dust mites are …”

meaning of dust

Dust is a fine powdery substance consisting of particles of dead organic matter.

dust frequency in english - B2 level of CEFR

the word dust occurs in english on average 33.7 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics dust can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that dust can be often used in the following areas:

1) life, nature, and living environment;