Pronunciation
- (British) IPA: /ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)/
powder
- The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
- 3 February 2017, Deborah Orr writing in The Guardian, Veg crisis, what veg crisis? If we can’t have courgettes, then let us eat kale ↗
- Let them stop fretting about vegetables denied by the weather and eat chilli powder. Just explain to them that they really shouldn’t think about spiralising it, because that doesn’t work.
- c. 1588-1593 William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Titus Andronicus
- Grind their bones to powder small.
- 3 February 2017, Deborah Orr writing in The Guardian, Veg crisis, what veg crisis? If we can’t have courgettes, then let us eat kale ↗
- (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- 1912, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:
- 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, Willa Cather, The Bohemian Girl:
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow#English|powder snow Light, dry, fluffy snow.
- Ellipsis of powder blue#English|powder blue The colour powder blue.
- French: poudre
- German: (cosmetic:) Puder, n; (otherwise:) Pulver
- Italian: polvere
- Portuguese: pó
- Russian: порошо́к
- Spanish: polvo
- German: Puder
- Russian: пу́дра
powder (powders, present participle powdering; past and past participle powdered)
- (transitive) 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...
- 25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food? ↗
- (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- to powder one's hair
- 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.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars.
- (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
- 1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
- If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she never forgets to send me away while she is powdering, with a consideration not to spoil my clothes
- 1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
- (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- 1934, Edward Knight, The Clinical Journal Volume 63
- Ample evidence is brought forward to show that the higher incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis in Queensland is due to lead paint on the verandahs and railings of the houses, which powders easily during the long Australian summer.
- 1934, Edward Knight, The Clinical Journal Volume 63
- (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
- French: réduire en poudre, pulvériser
- Spanish: reducir a polvo, pulverizar, triturar
- French: poudrer, pulvériser, saupoudrer
- Russian: пу́дрить
- Spanish: espolvorear
- French: se poudrer, se repoudrer
- Russian: пу́дриться
- Spanish: ponerse polvos, empolvarse
- French: se réduire en poudre, se pulvériser
- Spanish: pulverizarse, hacerse polvo
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