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catch dust

vb. (context idiomatic said of an ornament or an object English) To be rarely used.

Usage examples of "catch dust".

Holding his white robe above the stair level so it didn't catch dust from the floor, Veys mounted the inn's main staircase and headed for his private chamber.

He pulled off the outer grille to reveal the sealed rectangle of fiber designed to catch dust, dirt, hairs, mold, spores, smoke particles, and the like.