Speakur

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powdered

/ˈpaʊdɚd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
pow-dered
IPA
/ˈpaʊdɚd/
15
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Which has been made into a powder.

adj

Which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup).

adj

Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.

Obsolete

verb

simple past and past participle of powder

Example Sentences

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˈpaʊdɚd/
  • British English: /ˈpaʊdəd/

Usage

Inflected Forms

more powdered (comparative) most powdered (superlative)

Derived Forms

nonpowdered snowpowdered unpowdered

Phrases

powdered milk powdered sugar powdered sunshine powdered wiretail

Synonyms

powdery pulverized pulverised small-grained fine-grained

Questions

How do you pronounce powdered?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈpaʊdɚd/.
What does powdered mean?
Which has been made into a powder.

How to pronounce powdered

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