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| dust |
When you dust a cake with sugar, it means that you sprinkle or cover it with sugar. [1/3 definitions] |
| flour |
to sprinkle or coat with flour. [1/2 definitions] |
| pepper |
When you pepper your food, you sprinkle it with pepper. [1/4 definitions] |
| powder |
to dust or sprinkle with powder. [1/5 definitions] |
| salt |
to sprinkle with salt as a seasoning. [1/5 definitions] |
| sift |
to spread or sprinkle using a sieve or as though using a sieve. [1/2 definitions] |
| sprinkle |
When you sprinkle something, you drop or scatter small bits of it. [4/6 definitions] |
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