moon dust

or moon·dust

[ moon duhst ]

noun

1. the dry, powdery soil of the moon.

Word History and Origins

Origin of moon dust¹

First recorded in 1900–05

Example Sentences

Petty Officer Jonathan Keefe later said, “It was like moon dust, or snow, and we were sinking in.”

From The Daily Beast

He could have said something like, “Ah, this must be the moon-dust Newt Gingrich sent over!”

From The Daily Beast

They were buried under forty feet of moon-dust, with vacuum between the dust-grains.

From Project Gutenberg

Shapes seemed but drifts of moon-dust, and true reality nothing save a sort of still listening to the wind.

From Project Gutenberg

A great, glowing arc—the reflected glow from a myriad cluster of tiny moons and moon-dust, encircling Venus.

From Project Gutenberg