Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

powderize

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: pow-der-ize
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To reduce to powder

Transitive verb

verb

To be reduced to powder

Intransitive verb

Example Sentences

"The spleen was harvested as a control where Smurf2 is known to be highly expressed in the WT. All specimens were immediately frozen in liquid nitrogen, powderized using a mortar and pestle, and stored at -80°C until time for protein or RNA isolation."

Etymology

From powder + -ize.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: powder

Usage

Inflected Forms

powderizes (present, singular) powderizing (participle, present) powderized (participle, past) powderized (past)

Derived Forms

powderizer

Frequently Paired Words

powderization

Synonyms

pulverize powderise powder pulverise

Questions

What does powderize mean?: To reduce to powder
Where does powderize come from?: From powder + -ize.

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