Definitions For Duststorm

Noun

DUSTSTORM (plural DUSTSTORMs) phenomenon in which gale- to hurricane-force winds blow particles up in a planet's atmosphere. : In the early part of the 20th century, "dust bowl" storms in the central U.S. were responsible for crippling damage to the agricultural infrastructure.

Related terms

sand storm

Translations

Arabic: عَاصِفَة اَلْغُبَار, f (ʿāṣifat al-ḡubār), عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة, f (ʿāṣifa ramliyya) Chinese: : Mandarin: 沙塵暴, sc=Hani, 沙尘暴, tr=shāchénbào, sc=Hani, 塵暴, sc=Hani, 尘暴, tr=chénbào, sc=Hani Danish: støvstorm, c Dutch: stofstorm, m Esperanto: polvoŝtormo French: tempête de sable, f German: Sandsturm, m Hebrew: סופת חול Hungarian: homokvihar Japanese: 砂塵嵐 (さじんあらし, sajin arashi), 砂嵐 (すなあらし, sunaarashi) Norwegian: : Bokmål: støvstorm, m : Nynorsk: støvstorm, m Persian: طوفان شن (tufân-e šen, sc=fa-Arab) Portuguese: tempestade de poeira, f Russian: пы́льная бу́ря, f Spanish: polvareda, f, tormenta de polvo, f Turkish: toz fırtınası

Alternative forms

dust storm

Etymology

dust + storm

Is Duststorm a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) NO
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary NO

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
12
Words with Friends
14

The word Duststorm is worth 12 points in Scrabble and 14 points in Words with Friends

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