Powder

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A substance consisting of ground, pulverized, or otherwise finely dispersed solid particles.
  • n. Any of various preparations in the form of powder, as certain cosmetics and medicines.
  • n. An explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
  • n. Light dry snow.
  • v. To reduce to powder; pulverize.
  • v. To dust or cover with or as if with powder.
  • v. Slang To defeat handily or decisively.
  • verb-intransitive. To become pulverized; turn into powder.
  • verb-intransitive. To use powder as a cosmetic.
  • idiom. keep (one's) powder dry To be ready for a challenge with little warning.
  • idiom. take a powder To make a quick departure; run away.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
  • n. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
  • n. Light, dry, fluffy snow.
  • v. To reduce to fine particles.
  • v. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder.
  • v. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder.
  • v. To use powder on the hair or skin.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
  • n. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
  • v. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
  • v. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle.
  • v. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
  • verb-intransitive. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder.
  • verb-intransitive. To use powder on the hair or skin.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. Fine, minute, loose, uncompacted particles, such as result from pounding or grinding a solid substance; dust.
  • n. A preparation or composition, in the form of dust or minute loose particles, applied in various ways, as in the toilet, etc.: as, hair-powder; face-powder.
  • n. A composition of saltpeter, sulphur, and charcoal, mixed and granulated: more particularly designated gunpowder (which see).
  • n. Seasoning, either of salt or of spices.
  • n. A medical remedy, or a dose of some medical remedy, in the form of powder, or minute loose or uncompacted particles: as, he has to take three powders every hour.
  • To reduce to powder; pulverize; triturate; pound, grind, or rub to fine particles.
  • To sprinkle with powder, dust, ashes, etc.; specifically, to put powder upon: as, to powder the hair or the face.
  • To sprinkle with salt, spices, or other seasoning; hence, to corn; pickle.
  • To sprinkle as with powder; stud; ornament with a small pattern, continually repeated.
  • To whiten by some application of white material in the form of a powder: thus, lace which has grown yellow is powdered by being placed in a packet of white lead and beaten.
  • To scatter; place here and there as if sprinkled like powder: as, to powder violets on a silk ground.
  • To fall to dust; be reduced to powder.
  • To apply powder to the hair or face; use powder in the toilet.
  • To attack violently; make a great stir.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
  • n. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
  • v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
  • v. apply powder to
  • n. any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    powdered    powdering    powders   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    solid    explosive    disintegrate   
    Cross Reference
    Variant
    gunpowder   
    Form
    powdered    powdering   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dust    comminute    pulverize    triturate    flour    grit    mealy    pulvil    farina    bloom   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    browder    chowder    crowder    lauder    louder    prouder    souder   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    salt    oil    dust    soap    liquid    tobacco    metal    wine    smoke    bread