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powder

UK /ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)/US /ˈpaʊ.dɚ/

noun 6
verb 6
forms 3
phrases 2

noun6

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very tiny dry bits of something that has been crushed or has broken down, looking like dust
- Let me goe grin'd their Bones to powder small, […] — 1588
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A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- She was redolent of violet sachet powder, and had warm, soft, white hands, but she danced divinely, moving as smoothly as the tide coming in. — 1912
(slang) Cocaine in powder form (as opposed to crack).
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An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- Tut, tut, good enough to tosse: foode for Powder, foode for Powder: they'll fill a Pit, as well as better: tush man, mortall men, mortall men. — 1597
(informal) Ellipsis of powder snow; light, dry, fluffy snow.
Ellipsis of powder blue, a color.

verb6

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To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- 23 March 2016, Seth Augenstein in Laboratory Equipment, FDA Proposes Ban on Powdered Surgical Gloves, Decades after Documenting Health Dangers Gloves were powdered for more than a century to allow doctors and surgeons to slip them on more easily.
To use powder on the hair or skin.
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To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- 25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food? In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce...
To turn into powder; to become powdery.
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(slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
- Miss Gibson appeared in the empty hall, her eyes wide and shocked. The little man who had started all the trouble with his singing telegram had powdered. — 1980
(no longer used) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

forms

powdered · powdering · powders

Phrases with powder

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