CROP-DUSTING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does crop-dusting mean? 

• CROP-DUSTING (noun)
  The noun CROP-DUSTING has 1 sense:

1. the dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

  Familiarity information: CROP-DUSTING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CROP-DUSTING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The dispersion of fungicides or insecticides or fertilizer on growing crops (often from a low-flying aircraft)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

crop-dusting; spraying

Hypernyms ("crop-dusting" is a kind of...):

diffusion; dispersal; dispersion; dissemination (the act of dispersing or diffusing something)

Domain category:

aircraft (a vehicle that can fly)