| Definitions | powder
noun
- 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
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
Translations: - Dutch: poeder
- French: poudre
- German: SchieíŸpulver
(trans-mid)
- Italian: polvere
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: pólvora
Etymology: Old English poudre, pouldre, French poudre, Old French also poldre, puldre, Latin pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Cf. {polverine}, {pulverize}.
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