Powder
['paʊdə] or ['paʊdɚ]
Definition
(noun.) any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder.
(noun.) a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized.
(verb.) apply powder to; 'She powdered her nose'; 'The King wears a powdered wig'.
Editor: Nita--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
(n.) An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
(v. t.) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
(v. t.) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
(v. i.) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
(v. i.) To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
Edited by Blair
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Dust, pulverized substance.[2]. Gunpowder.
Checked by Casey
Definition
n. dust: any substance in fine particles: gunpowder a mixture of charcoal sulphur and saltpetre: hair-powder.—v.t. to reduce to powder: to sprinkle with powder: to salt by sprinkling.—v.i. to crumble into powder: to use powder for the hair.—n. Pow′der-box a box for toilet-powder &c.—adj. Pow′dered reduced to powder: sprinkled with powder: salted.—ns. Pow′der-flask Pow′der-horn a flask or horn for carrying powder fitted with a means of measuring the amount of each charge; Pow′dering-gown a loose dressing-gown worn while the hair was being powdered; Pow′dering-tub a vessel in which meat is salted: a vessel in which venereal disease is treated by sweating; Pow′der-mag′azine a strongly built place where powder is stored; Pow′der-mill a mill in which gunpowder is made; Pow′der-mine an excavation filled with gunpowder for blasting rocks &c.; Pow′der-monk′ey a boy formerly employed to carry powder to the gunners on board a ship-of-war; Pow′der-room the room in a ship where powder is kept.—adj. Pow′dery resembling or sprinkled with powder: dusty: friable.
Editor: Luke
Unserious Contents or Definition
To see powder in your dreams, denotes unscrupulous people are dealing with you. You may detect them through watchfulness.
Checker: Newman
Examples
- Grind the drugs to a moderately fine powder and mix them with the oils and gums. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- But fabrics immersed in a bleaching powder solution do not lose their color as would naturally be expected. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The acid used to liberate the chlorine from the bleaching powder, and the chlorine also, rot materials with which they remain in contact for any length of time. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Otherwise the fumes of powder could not have been blown so rapidly through the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- But if people require food, guns require powder, and no powder can be made without nitric acid. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- The strongest washing powder is soda, and this cheap form is as good as any of the more expensive preparations sold under fancy names. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- There's a quarter of a pound of powder in the case, and I have got two newspapers in my pocket for the loadings. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The child with a white blouse appears first red, then blue, then green, according as his powders burn red, blue, or green. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- An enormous quantity of sodium carbonate, or soda, as it is usually called, is needed in the manufacture of glass, soap, bleaching powders, and other commercial products. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- A child wearing a green frock on Independence Day seems at night to be wearing a black frock, if standing near powders burning with red, blue, or violet light. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Many housewives look askance at ready-made baking powders and prefer to bake with soda and sour milk, soda and buttermilk, or soda and cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- Seidlitz powder is a simple remedy consisting of two powders, one containing bicarbonate of soda, and the other, some acid such as cream of tartar. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- First mix the powders and color with carmine, and then add the other ingredients and thoroughly mix. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- Washing powders are sometimes used instead of washing soda. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- His notes include the use of powdered silicon mixed with lime or other very infusible non-conductors or semi-conductors. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- The poles of the electromagnet in the local circuit are hollowed out and filled up with carbon disks or powdered plumbago. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- Powdered opium is by no means tasteless. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- Add sufficient powdered talc to give the mass the necessary consistency. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- I hope we shall meet again, Sir,' said the powdered-headed footman, rubbing his hands, and following Sam out to the door-step. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- The very barristers' wigs are ill-powdered, and their curls lack crispness. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughton at Covent Garden. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- More like the noise of powdering a iron bar on a nutmeg-grater,' suggested Brittles. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
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