dustpan

• Nom désignant une pelle à main à manche court utilisée pour ramasser la poussière et les débris balayés, ou la quantité que peut contenir ce récipient.

A noun referring to a short-handled receptacle into which dust and debris can be swept, or the quantity that such a container will hold.

1. Receptacle for sweepingA2formal

   A short-handled container used to collect dust and debris swept from the floor.

   Ramasse-poussière

   • She used a dustpan and brush to clean the kitchen floor.
   • He emptied the dustpan into the trash bin.
   • The dustpan is kept under the sink for easy access.

2. Capacity measureB1informal

   The amount of material that a dustpan can hold.

   Contenance d'une pelle à poussière

   • He swept up a dustpan full of dirt.
   • She collected a dustpan of broken glass carefully.
   • The pile of dust was about a dustpan in volume.

   Synonymesdustpanful