powder

Speech parts

1. powder - Noun

2. powder - Verb

3. Powder - Proper noun

The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.

To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.

To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.

To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.

To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Source: Webster's dictionary

pulverize pound grind comminute pulverization gunpowder pulverisation triturate pulverise rouge cola farina bray coke gray

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still build solid soft beautiful smooth

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solid medicine explosive medication make-up disintegrate

ash talc goa powder chrysarobin dover's powder baby powder

powdered powdering

powdre prowed

Put your trust in God; but be sure to keep your powder dry. Oliver Cromwell

The powder is mixed with water and tastes exactly like powder mixed with water. Art Buchwald

The object of powder is powder. George Orwell

A fat belly did not invent gun powder. Greek Proverb

Evil gun powder doesn't go away easily. Swedish Proverb

Put your trust in God, and keep your powder dry. American Proverb