Thesaurus: powder

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1. n. The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust.
2. n. An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.
3. v. t. To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder; to comminute; to pulverize; to triturate.
4. v. t. To sprinkle with powder, or as with powder; to be sprinkle; as, to powder the hair.
5. v. t. To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
6. v. i. To be reduced to powder; to become like powder; as, some salts powder easily.
7. v. i. To use powder on the hair or skin; as, she paints and powders.
8. n. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
9. n. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
10. n. any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
11. v. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
12. v. apply powder to