DUST STORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does dust storm mean? 

• DUST STORM (noun)
  The noun DUST STORM has 1 sense:

1. a windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

  Familiarity information: DUST STORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DUST STORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A windstorm that lifts up clouds of dust or sand

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

dust storm; duster; sandstorm; sirocco

Context example:

it was the kind of duster not experienced in years

Hypernyms ("dust storm" is a kind of...):

windstorm (a storm consisting of violent winds)

 Context examples 

Local dust storms occur frequently on Mars.

(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)

Dust storms are common on Mars.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

Data from NASA's Cassini spacecraft has revealed what appear to be giant dust storms in equatorial regions of Saturn's moon Titan.

(Dust Storms on Titan Spotted for the First Time, NASA)

The Martian dust storm has grown in size and is now officially a "planet-encircling" (or "global") dust event.

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

The next Martian dust storm season is expected to begin this summer and last into early 2019.

(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)

Based on the historical pattern, it is very likely that a global dust storm will begin within a few weeks or months of this date.

(Study Predicts Next Global Dust Storm on Mars, NASA)

One of the biggest: Why do some Martian dust storms last for months and grow massive, while others stay small and last only a week?

(Martian Dust Storm Grows Global: Curiosity Captures Photos of Thickening Haze, NASA)

The discovery makes Titan the third Solar System body, in addition to Earth and Mars, where dust storms have been observed.

(Dust Storms on Titan Spotted for the First Time, NASA)

Scientists can't say with certainty what causes global dust storms; they've studied fewer than a dozen to date.

(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)

In most Martian years, which are nearly twice as long as Earth years, all the regional storms dissipate and none swells into a global dust storm.

(Dust Storms Linked to Gas Escape from Mars Atmosphere, NASA)