powder
/ˈpaʊ.dɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.25 in modern English
12
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
Countable; Uncountable
noun
The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
Countable; Slang; Uncountable
Example Sentences
- "Let me goe grin'd their Bones to powder ſmall, […]"
- "Let them stop fretting about vegetables denied by the weather and eat chilli powder. Just explain to them that they really shouldn’t think about spiralising it, because that doesn’t work."
- "She was redolent of violet sachet powder, and had warm, soft, white hands, but she danced divinely, moving as smoothly as the tide coming in."
- "Tut, tut, good enough to toſſe: foode for Powder, foode for Powder: they'll fill a Pit, as well as better: tuſh man, mortall men, mortall men."
- "25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food? In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce..."
- "to powder one's hair"
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈpaʊ.dɚ/
- British English: /ˈpaʊ.də(ɹ)/