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Learn to pronounce pow·der

/ˈpoudər/
noun
  1. fine, dry particles produced by the grinding, crushing, or disintegration of a solid substance.
    "crush the poppy seeds to a powder"
    synonyms: dust, fine particles, fine grains, talcum powder, talc, pulvil, pulvilio, pounce
  2. light, dry, newly fallen snow.
    "in Aspen, blue skies and good powder drew in record numbers"

verb
  1. apply powder to (the face or body).
    "she powdered her face and put on a dab of perfume"
    synonyms: dust, talc
  2. reduce (a substance) to a powder by drying or crushing it.
    "then the rose petals are dried and powdered"
    synonyms: crush, grind, pulverize, pound, mill, granulate, comminute, triturate, bray, levigate, dried, freeze-dried, dehydrated, lyophilized

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