Powder Definition
poudər
powdered, powdering, powders
noun
powders
Any dry substance in the form of very fine, dustlike particles, produced by crushing, grinding, etc.
Webster's New World
A specific kind of powder.
Bath powder, face powder.
Webster's New World
A drug in the form of powder.
Webster's New World
A dry explosive mixture, such as gunpowder.
American Heritage
A dose of this.
Webster's New World
Synonyms:
- desert
- explosive powder
- powderiness
- pulverulence
- cosmetic powder
- medicinal powder
- abandon
- run away
- alert oneself
- be-prepared
- be ready
- particles
- film
- gunpowder
- pulverisation
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verb
powdered, powdering, powders
To be made into powder.
Webster's New World
To sprinkle or cover with or as with powder.
Webster's New World
To apply cosmetic powder to (the body, face, etc.)
Webster's New World
To use powder as a cosmetic.
Webster's New World
To make into powder; pulverize.
Webster's New World
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idiom
keep (one's) powder dry
- To be ready for a challenge with little warning.
American Heritage
take a powder
- To make a quick departure; run away.
American Heritage
keep one's powder dry
- to be ready for action
Webster's New World
Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Powder
Origin of Powder
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From Middle English poudre, pouldre, Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, Latin pulvis (“dust, powder"). compare pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Compare polverine, pulverize.
From Wiktionary
Middle English poudre from Old French from Latin pulvis pulver-
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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