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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}.

Pronunciation
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:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-a�d�(r)|-a�d�(r)

Noun
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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

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

Translations
trans-top|dust
Arabic: Arab|�سح�� IPAchar|(masħūq) m
Chinese: � (f�n)
Dutch: poeder m
Finnish: jauhe, pulveri
French: poudre m
German: Puder m
Hungarian: por#Hungarian|por
Italian: polvere m
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Japanese: � (��, kona)
Korean: �루 (garu)
Portuguese: pó m
Russian: по�о�ок (porošók) m
Spanish: polvo#Spanish|polvo m
Swedish: puder c
Telugu: ప�డి (poDi), ��ర�ణమ� (choorNamu)
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trans-top|gunpowder
Finnish: ruuti
French: poudre m
German: Schie�pulver n
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Portuguese: pólvora f
Russian: по�о� (pórox) m
Spanish: pólvora f
Telugu: ప�ల�డ� మ�ద� (paeluDu maMdu)
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Transitive verb
rfc-trverb|Transitive verb
to powder (powdered, powdering)

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

#:A circling zone thou seest Powdered with stars. --Milton.

Translations
trans-top|To reduce to fine particles
Finnish: jauhaa hieno|hienoksi
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Spanish: reducir a polvo, pulverizar, triturar
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trans-top|To sprinkle with powder
Finnish: sirotella
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Intransitive verb
to powder

1. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
2. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.

Translations
trans-top|To be reduced to powder
Spanish: pulverizarse, hacerse polvo
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Telugu: ప�డి ��య� (poDi caeyu)
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trans-top|To use powder on the hair or skin
Finnish: puuteroida
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Spanish: ponerse polvos, empolvarse
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