stardust

1. (literally)Examples: "We are all made of stardust."; "Presolar grains were isolated in primitive meteorites only 15 years ago. These grains of stardust formed in the atmospheres of evolved stars and in nova and supernova ejecta."Synonyms: extraterrestrial dust, space dustliterallyuncountableusually

2. (literally)datedinformalliterallyuncountableusually

3. (literally)archaicliterallyuncountableusually

4. (figuratively)Examples: "His [Sickert's] paint has a tangible quality; it is made not of air and star-dust but of oil and earth."figurativelyuncountableusually

5. (figuratively)Examples: "My sister’s eyes were full of stardust – she’d spend hours lazily planning her future life when she would make her big break in the movies."figurativelyuncountableusually

6. (figuratively)Examples: "Why would experienced deal makers want rock stars and actors to advise them? Why would entrepreneurs seek their money? There is a certain cachet with all that stardust, of course, and perhaps some free publicity."figurativelyuncountableusually