powders

Meaning of powders

plural noun
  1. fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.
    add four tablespoons of cocoa powder
    crush the poppy seeds to a powder
  2. loose, dry, newly fallen snow.
    in Aspen, blue skies and good powder drew in record numbers
    the promise of fresh powder snow brought more than 1300 excited guests to the mountain
    powder skiing
verb, 3rd person present
  1. apply cosmetic powder to (the face or body).
    she powdered her face and put on a dab of perfume
  2. reduce (a substance) to a powder by drying or crushing it.
    then the rose petals are dried and powdered

Middle English: from Old French poudre, from Latin pulvis, pulver- ‘dust’.

Information about powders

  • The singular form of powders is: powder.
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Hyphenation of powders

pow-ders

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • powders is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

powders synonyms

Meaning fine, dry powder consisting of tiny particles of earth or waste matter lying on the ground or on surfaces or carried in the air:

dust

Meaning talcum powder:

talc

Meaning perfumed cosmetic powder sprinkled on a wig or applied to the skin:

pulvil, pulvilio

Meaning a sudden swoop or spring:

pounce

Meaning compress or squeeze forcefully so as to break, damage, or distort in shape:

crush

Meaning reduce (something) to small particles or powder by crushing it:

grind

Meaning reduce to fine particles:

pulverize

Meaning a unit of weight equal to 16 oz. avoirdupois (0.4536 kg), or 12 oz. troy (0.3732 kg):

pound

Meaning grind (something) in a mill:

mill

Meaning form (something) into grains or particles:

granulate

Meaning grind to a fine powder:

triturate

Meaning (of a donkey or mule) utter a bray:

bray

Meaning reduce (a substance) to a fine powder or smooth paste:

levigate

Meaning preserved by removal or evaporation of moisture:

dried

Meaning having lost a large amount of water from the body:

dehydrated

Meaning freeze-dry (a substance):

lyophilized

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