[ US /ˈpaʊdɝ/ ]
[ UK /pˈa‍ʊdɐ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks
  2. any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder
  3. a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized
VERB
  1. make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
    pulverize the grains
  2. apply powder to
    The King wears a powdered wig
    She powdered her nose
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How To Use powder In A Sentence

  • The New York and Liverpool firm that your father belongs to sent on board an honest and peaceable cargo, but there was a good deal of room left in the hold, and the captain filled it up with cannon-balls, musket-bullets, and gunpowder from the English agents of no less a man than General Santa Ahead of the Army
  • Add a little freshly sliced green chilli or a hint of chilli powder if you wish. Times, Sunday Times
  • Stir in the sifted flour and cocoa powder. Times, Sunday Times
  • synthetic detergents are in the form of powder or liquid.
  • Fuss' photograms have reproduced water droplets, birds in flight, moving light and even a trail of snakes moving across light-sensitive paper, dusted with talcum powder.
  • The boracic powder was lifted in my absence from the _Pharmacie_ to try and get the first glimmerings of a slide on that sticky creosoted floor. Fanny Goes to War
  • Add in baking powder and flour and combine well. The Sun
  • When flammable powders are dispersed in the air, they can explode.
  • Protein powders are considered to be a fast route to a leaner body. Times, Sunday Times
  • The closely-packed _mitraille_ tore the icy crust into powder, fifty yards beyond the doomed bird, which settled, throbbing with a mortal tremor, upon the ice, shot through the head. Adrift in the Ice-Fields
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