stardust
pronunciation
How to pronounce stardust in British English:
UK [ˈstɑ:dʌst]
How to pronounce stardust in American English:
US [ˈstɑrdʌst]
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- Noun:
- a dreamy romantic or sentimental quality
Word Origin
- stardust (n.)
- also star-dust, 1836 in reference to irresolvable nebulas among star-fields in telescopic views; 1868 as "meteoric dust," from star (n.) + dust (n.).
Example
- 1. This means that the components of your body are truly ancient : you are stardust .
- 2. On one level , he simply wants to capture a bit of the stardust of german economic success .
- 3. " This means the atmosphere arrived far later than expected . " To confirm that comets contributed to the atmosphere , scientists will need to analyze the krypton and xenon isotope ratios in the cometary samples recently captured by nasa 's stardust mission , says geochemist and lead author greg holland , also at manchester .
- 4. Mr cameron , he says , is acutely conscious of the need to manage bigwigs outside this charmed circle , and has invited mps , disappointed parliamentary candidates and local-government types to a string of downing street receptions , sprinkling them with the stardust of high office .