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powder
1[ pou-der ]
noun
- any solid substance reduced to a state of fine, loose particles by crushing, grinding, disintegration, etc.
- a preparation in this form, as gunpowder or face powder.
verb (used with object)
- to reduce to powder; pulverize.
- to sprinkle or cover with powder:
She powdered the cookies with confectioners' sugar.
- to apply powder to (the face, skin, etc.) as a cosmetic.
- to sprinkle or strew as if with powder:
A light snowfall powdered the landscape.
- to ornament in this fashion, as with small objects scattered over a surface:
a dress lightly powdered with sequins.
verb (used without object)
- to use powder as a cosmetic.
- to become pulverized.
powder
2[ pou-der ]
verb (used without object)
- British Dialect. to rush.
noun
- British Dialect. a sudden, frantic, or impulsive rush.
powder
/ ˈ貹ʊə /
noun
- a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles
- any of various preparations in this form, such as gunpowder, face powder, or soap powder
- fresh loose snow, esp when considered as skiing terrain
- take a powder slang.to run away or disappear
verb
- to turn into powder; pulverize
- tr to cover or sprinkle with or as if with powder
Derived Forms
- ˈǷɻ, noun
- ˈǷɻ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- Ƿd· noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of powder1
Origin of powder2
Word History and Origins
Origin of powder1
Idioms and Phrases
- take a powder, Slang. to leave in a hurry; depart without taking leave, as to avoid something unpleasant: Also take a runout powder.
He took a powder and left his mother to worry about his gambling debts.
More idioms and phrases containing powder
see keep one's powder dry ; sitting on a powder keg ; take a powder .Example Sentences
The strikers said they are consuming only water with zero-calorie electrolyte powder.
Packed in my picnic basket beside my chair, Banana Cake joined me while watching sunsets on some of the most beautiful, sugar white, talcum powder soft beaches in the world.
I’ve got one of those bamboo whisks, and I like the whole routine of boiling water and then whisking in the matcha powder.
The chocolate digestive was launched about a quarter of a century after the plain variety, whose name was inspired by the belief that the baking powder in the recipe would help with digestion.
Under the watchful eye of doctors, Chris started by eating a fraction of a milligram of peanut powder mixed with yoghurt.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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