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View synonyms for dust cover

dust cover

noun

  1. a cloth or plastic covering used to protect furniture or equipment, as during a period of nonuse.


dust cover

noun

  1. another name for dustsheet
  2. another name for dust jacket
  3. a perspex cover for the turntable of a record player
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of dust cover1

First recorded in 1900–05
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Example Sentences

The ground is hard like flint and when the wind blows across the plains, dust covers the squatters and all that they carry.

From BBC

It is illustrated in black and white by Tolkien - who also designed the dust cover.

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A thick blanket of dust covers the stairs, and it gets stuffier the farther down we go.

I kicked at the gravel, letting the dust cover my legs.

A thick layer of gray dust covers the dark wood pews where hundreds meet for worship services.

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