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DIAMOND DUST
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diamond dust mean?
• DIAMOND DUST (noun)
The noun DIAMOND DUST has 1 sense:
1. small crystals of ice
Familiarity information: DIAMOND DUST used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small crystals of ice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural phenomena
Synonyms:
diamond dust; frost mist; frost snow; ice crystal; ice needle; poudrin; snow mist
Hypernyms ("diamond dust" is a kind of...):
crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)
Meronyms (substance of "diamond dust"):
H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)
Holonyms ("diamond dust" is a part of...):
downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))
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