duststorm

See also: dust storm

English

Alternative forms

• dust storm

Etymology

dust +‎ storm

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdʌst.stɔː(ɹ)m/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)m

Noun

duststorm (plural duststorms)

1. 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

A storm of dust

• Arabic: عَاصِفَة اَلْغُبَار f (ʿāṣifat al-ḡubār), عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة f (ʿāṣifa ramliyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 沙塵暴／沙尘暴 (zh) (shāchénbào), 沙尘暴 (zh) (shāchénbào), 塵暴／尘暴 (zh) (chénbào), 尘暴 (zh) (chénbào)

• Danish: støvstorm c
• Dutch: stofstorm m
• Esperanto: polvoŝtormo
• French: tempête de sable (fr) f
• German: Sandsturm (de) m
• Hebrew: סופת חול
• Hungarian: homokvihar (hu)
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• 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)
• Portuguese: tempestade de poeira f
• Russian: пы́льная бу́ря (ru) f (pýlʹnaja búrja)
• Spanish: polvareda (es) f, tormenta de polvo f
• Turkish: toz fırtınası