powder

Definition:
1. A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized.
2. A mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks.
3. Any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder.
4. Apply powder to.
5. Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.

Use 'powder' in a sentence:

1. Use loose powder to set your makeup, dusting the excess off with a brush.
2. She powdered her face and applied her lipstick and rouge.
3. The marketing is enticing: Get stronger muscles and healthier bodies with minimal effort by adding protein powder to your morning shake or juice drink.
4. The wood turns to powder in his fingers.
5. Powdering a sweaty nose will only block up the pores and make the skin more uncomfortable.
6. Skunk, a noxious liquid mixture of nontoxic ingredients including baking powder and yeast, is blasted onto protesters from a water cannon.
7. The detergent comes in powder or liquid form.
8. The marketing is tempting: Get stronger muscles and healthier bodies with minimal effort by adding protein powder to your morning shake or juice drink.
9. The products, which included candies, chocolates, and snacks, are made with milk or milk powder.
10. The powder immediately ignited and set off a chain reaction of explosions.
11. Using a pestle and mortar, pulverise the bran to a coarse powder.
12. Accidental inhalation of the powder can be harmful.
13. Shake up the quintessential powder in the bag, tear down the smaller paster of the ventilate adhesive plaster, and then attach the bag to the volar.
14. Scientific analysis reveals that the colors were derived from ocher and other iron oxides ground into a fine powder.
15. Dry your feet well and then dust between the toes with baby powder.
16. She powdered her face and put on her lipstick.
17. It is hardly surprising that they are now being marketed like soap powder.
18. I had some ginger powder in the house, so I tried it with the larvae.
19. The product is a new resource food made of main raw materials, including cordyceps fungi powder, ginsenoside, donkey spermary, hartshorn and so on.
20. The lime has turned to powder.
21. The face powder adheres well to the skin.
22. We use US beef, New Zealand lamb and for our custards we use Bird's Custard Powder.
23. To start, skip powder and just dab some concealer under your eyes and over blemishes.
24. The first step is to mix the powder with warm water.
25. She brushed the powder out of her hair.
26. There are only two tins of powdered milk left.
27. Blend a little milk with the custard powder to form a paste.
28. She was attended by servants in splendid livery and powdered wigs.
29. It comes as a shock to us that some milk powder producers produce substandard milk powder which would bring harm to babies.
30. The smell of powder was in the air.
31. What is the powder made of?
32. Sift the flour and baking powder into a medium-sized mixing bowl.
33. It took half an hour to clean the orange powder off the bath.
34. It took half an hour to clean the orange powder off the bathtub.
35. Unless these questions are solved, the region will remain a powder keg.
36. It was such an irresponsible enterprise that it added tripolycyanamide to its milk powder, which tragically led to many babies' developmental disorders and ruined many families' happiness.
37. The snow was like powder.
38. Video content includes ski and snowboard beginner tutorials, as well as powder and mogul tips and footage from ski and snowboard events.
39. It is usually economical to buy washing powder in large quantities.
40. Put a small amount of the powder into a container and mix with water.
41. A wide range of cleaning fluids and powders is available.
42. I'm just going to powder my nose.
43. For decades, MayDay parades in Moscow have taken place under clear blue skies, aircraft having deposited dry ice, silver iodide and cement powder to disperse clouds.
44. I'd like some coffee, and I don't object to the powdered stuff if it's all you've got.
45. Add more curry powder depending on the strength required.
46. The mustard is sold in powder form.
47. The seeds were pounded to a fine powder.
48. You can add the fluid to the powder, or, conversely, the powder to the fluid.