duststorm

See also: dust storm

English

Alternative forms

dust storm

Etymology

dust +‎ storm

Pronunciation

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

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

A storm of dust

Arabic: عَاصِفَة اَلْغُبَار‎ f (ʿāṣifat al-ḡubār), عَاصِفَة رَمْلِيَّة‎ f (ʿāṣifa ramliyya)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 沙塵暴 (zh), 沙尘暴 (zh) (shāchénbào), 塵暴 (zh), 尘暴 (zh) (chénbào)
Dutch: stofstorm m
Esperanto: polvoŝtormo
French: tempête de sable (fr) f
German: Sandsturm (de) m
Hebrew: סופת חול‎
Hungarian: homokvihar (hu)

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

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