Collocations for dust - noun
ADJ.
fine | brick, coal, radioactive
QUANT.
cloud, layer
The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust. | There was a layer of fine dust on the table.
The tractor came up the track in a cloud of dust. | There was a layer of fine dust on the table.
particle, speck
Remove any particles of dust on the surface of the paint. | microscopic specks of dust
Remove any particles of dust on the surface of the paint. | microscopic specks of dust
VERB + DUST
gather
Her chess set lay on a shelf gathering dust.
Her chess set lay on a shelf gathering dust.
be covered in/with
DUST + VERB
lie
The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
The dust now lay in a thick layer on her piano.
DUST + NOUN
cloud | particle | storm