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powder

noun as in fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid

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verb as in crush into fine grains; sprinkle fine grains

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It’s filled with an emery powder, which can sharpen needles.

Toner cartridges use a powder and precision technology to accurately and sharply print out text documents.

Plus, metal powders also can present a “breathing hazard,” Gunduz points out.

Next, glazes are mixed, requiring a number of powders, sands, and clays.

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The new catalyst is a powder made of cheap ingredients, such as iron.

Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.

Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.

This powder can be shipped anywhere and then reconstituted—just add water, as if it were instant coffee.

So the new inhaled powder measles vaccine may in a few years turn out to be an easier way to protect kids from measles.

They say that the Israelis framed him in order to light the powder keg of religious war over the al-Aqsa compound.

The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.

The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.

Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.

When first seen it is said to have had a pasty consistency, but on exposure to the air it dried and crumbled into powder.

The poorest people reduce it to powder by manual labour, in the same way as they grind corn preparatory to baking it into cakes.

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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to powder, such as: crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, and meal.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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