powder

powder
[[t]pa͟ʊdə(r)[/t]]
powders, powdering, powdered
1) N-MASS Powder consists of many tiny particles of a solid substance.

Put a small amount of the powder into a container and mix with water...

The wood turns to powder in his fingers.

...a fine white powder.

...cocoa powder.

2) N-MASS Powder is the same as face powder.
3) VERB If a woman powders her face or some other part of her body, she puts face powder or talcum powder on it.

[V n] She powdered her face and applied her lipstick and rouge.

[V-ed] ...the old woman's powdered face.

4) N-UNCOUNT Powder is the same as gunpowder. [OLD-FASHIONED]

The smell of powder was in the air.

Syn:
5) N-UNCOUNT: oft N n Powder is very fine snow.

...a day's powder skiing.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • powder — ► NOUN 1) fine dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance. 2) a cosmetic in this form applied to a person s face. 3) dated a medicine in this form. 4) loose, dry, newly fallen snow. 5) gunpowder. ►… …   English terms dictionary

  • Powder — Pow der, v. i. 1. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily. [1913 Webster] 2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Powder — Pow der, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Powdered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Powdering}.] [F. poudrer.] 1. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate. [1913 Webster] 2. To sprinkle with powder, or as …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Powder — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Powder Título Pura energía Ficha técnica Dirección Victor Salva Producción Roger Birnbaun y Daniel Grodnick Guión …   Wikipedia Español

  • powder — [n] fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc; concepts 471,831 Ant. solid powder [v] crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains abrade, bray, comminute, cover,… …   New thesaurus

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  • powder — pow|der1 [ˈpaudə US ər] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: poudre, from Latin pulvis dust ] 1.) [U and C] a dry substance in the form of very small grains ▪ curry powder ▪ talcum powder ▪ Grind the sugar into a powder . ▪ The paint …   Dictionary of contemporary English

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