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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.3.2 Translations 1.4 Verb 1.4.1 Translations

[ English

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[ Etymology

From Old English poudre, pouldre, Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, Latin pulvis (“‘dust, powder’”). cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {polverine}, {pulverize}.

[ Pronunciation

\Pow"der\

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• Rhymes: -aʊdə(r)

[ Noun

Singular powder

Plural countable and uncountable; powders

powder (countable and uncountable; plural powders)

1. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.

   Grind their bones to powder small. —Shakespeare

2. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.

[ Derived terms

terms derived from powder (noun)

Atlas powder, baking powder powder blue powder down powder-down feather powder-down patch powder hose

powder hoy powder magazine, Powder room powder mine powder monkey powder post powder puff take a powder

[ Translations

dust

Arabic: مسحوق (masħūq) m. Chinese: 粉 (fěn) Dutch: poeder m. Finnish: jauhe, pulveri French: poudre m. German: Puder m. Hungarian: por Italian: polvere m.

Japanese: 粉 (こな, kona) Korean: 가루 (garu) Polish: proszek m. Portuguese: pó m. Russian: порошок (porošók) m. Spanish: polvo m. Swedish: puder c. Telugu: పొడి (poDi), చూర్ణము (choorNamu)

gunpowder

Finnish: ruuti French: poudre m. German: Schießpulver n.

Polish: proch m. Portuguese: pólvora f. Russian: порох (pórox) m. Spanish: pólvora f. Telugu: పేలుడు మందు (paeluDu maMdu)

[ Verb

Infinitive to powder

Third person singular powders

Simple past powdered

Past participle powdered

Present participle powdering

to powder (third-person singular simple present powders, present participle powdering, simple past and past participle powdered)

1. (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
2. (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle

   to powder the hair.

   A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars. --Milton.

3. (intransitive) To be reduced to powder; to become like powder.

   Some salts powder easily.

4. (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin; as,

   She paints and powders.

[ Translations

To reduce to fine particles

Finnish: jauhaa hienoksi

Spanish: reducir a polvo, pulverizar, triturar

To sprinkle with powder

Finnish: sirotella

To be reduced to powder

Spanish: pulverizarse, hacerse polvo

Telugu: పొడి చేయు (poDi caeyu)

To use powder on thee hair or skin

Finnish: puuteroida

Spanish: ponerse polvos, empolvarse