moon dust
noun
the dry, powdery soil of the moon.
moondust
-
a variation of
moon dust.
Example Sentences
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Chen wants to make giant lunar mirrors from moondust, minimizing the mass needed to be brought from Earth.
From Science Magazine β Jul. 18, 2019
More recently, Chen has made thin moondust mirrors that can be reshaped by actuators on the back surface to compensate for temperature changes and for gravity as the mirror moves.
From Science Magazine β Jul. 18, 2019
They are playing blues, bop, jazz rock, honky tonk and ethereal moondust.
From Time Magazine Archive
When romantic moondust falls on all the wrong parties, the enchanted wood near Athens fills up with entangling misalliances.
From Time Magazine Archive
They wave enigmatically, gnotobiotically, to the President from behind glass panes, so as not to breathe moondust on him.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
