layer of dust
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflayeranddust
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layer
noun[C]
uk/ˈleɪ.ər/us/ˈleɪ.ɚ/
a level of material, such as a type of rock or gas, that is different from the material above or below it, or a thin sheet of ...
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dust
noun[U]
uk/dʌst/us/dʌst/
dry dirt in the form of powder that covers surfaces inside a building, or very small dry pieces of soil, sand, or ...
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(Definition oflayeranddustfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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When the rain first falls down, the thinlayerofdustmixes with waste oils and turns into a nearly transparent layer of grease.
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But even today, if one leaves one's shoes out for two days, there is alayerofduston them.
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There was a thicklayerofdustand a vase with dead flowers.
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If windows are opened within a mile of these works, furniture inside the rooms become quickly covered with a finelayerofdust.
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In the meantime, a thinlayerofdustonly in the summer, and a few ashes in the winter, are thrown on to conceal the heap.
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When a thinlayerofdustis removed, the underlying surface is dark.
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Others used the thicklayerofdustin the playground to mark out hopscotch squares.
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It was like a dried-out marsh, now barren of all vegetation and covered with alayerofdustabout an inch thick.
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Alternatively, planetesimals can form in a very denselayerofdustgrains that undergoes a collective gravitational instability in the mid-plane of a protoplanetary disk.
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On opening the bag to investigate, he noticed alayerofdustinside, clogging the fine material mesh and preventing the machine working properly.
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When a thinlayerofdustis removed, the underlying surface appears dark.
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Trapped inside, they judge by thelayerofdustthat it has been untouched for years.
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They have a tremendous sense of black humour, but there's alayerofdustover them.
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Dust had seeped into to cracks and crevices of buildings, filling the interior with alayerofdust.
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It was proven that a lunar lander would not sink into a thicklayerofdust, as had been feared.
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Each drive was about 6ft m tall, convert wide, as deep as a refrigerator, weighed 600 lb and was coated with a thicklayerofdustand cobwebs.
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Layers of dust-like particles parallel to the seed plate, and strong banding or growth lines may also be apparent.
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Consequently, layers of dust could not later easily erode away since they were cemented together.
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