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English Idioms :: powder
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powder - See: TAKE A POWDER. |
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Traditional English :: powder
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powder - n. & v. --n. 1 a substance in the form of fine dry particles.
2 a medicine or cosmetic in this form.
3 = GUNPOWDER. --v.tr.
1 a apply powder to (powder one's nose). b sprinkle or decorate with or as with powder.
2 (esp. as powdered adj.) reduce to a fine powder (powdered milk). keep one's powder dry be cautious and alert. powder blue pale blue. powder-flask hist. a small case for carrying gunpowder. powder-keg 1 a barrel of gunpowder.
2 a dangerous or volatile situation. powder metallurgy the production of metal as fine powders to make objects. powder-monkey hist. a boy employed on board ship to carry powder to the guns. powder-puff a soft pad for applying powder to the skin, esp. the face. powder-room a women's cloakroom or lavatory in a public building. powder snow loose dry snow on a ski-run etc. take a powder sl. depart quickly. powdery adj. [ME f. OF poudre f. L pulvis pulveris dust] |
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Related Words
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Most Often Usage
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accurate powder
aluminum powder
baking powder biscuit
boric acid powder
coral calcium powder
black powder cannon
immune26 powder and capsule
carob powder
charcoal powder
chili powder
powder coat
powder coating equipment
powder coating colors
powder coating system
michigan powder coating
powder coating supply
powder coating
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