sandstorm
nounEtymology From sand + storm.
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A strong wind carrying clouds of sand and dust through the air.
- Near-synonyms: duststorm, duster (broadly synonymous), haboob
- There are few sights more appalling than a sandstorm in the desert, the "Zauba'ah" as the Arabs call it.1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114 footnote:
- Related terms
- sandblaster, sand pillar, sandspout