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Meaning of POWDERED

Pronunciation:  p'awdurd

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
 
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 Synonyms: fine, fine-grained, powdery, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Pow"dered\, a.
1. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
2. Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned. [Obs.]
         Powdered beef, pickled meats.         --Harvey.
3. (Her.) Same as {Sem['e]}. --Walpole.
 
Thesaurus Terms
 
 Related Terms: branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed, detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dotted, dusted, dusty, efflorescent, farinaceous, fine, flaky, floury, furfuraceous, gone to dust, grated, ground, impalpable, levigated, mealy, milled, peppered, pestled, powdery, pulverant, pulverized, pulverulent, reduced to powder, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded, shredded, spattered, specked, speckled, splattered, spotted, sprinkled, studded, triturated
 

 

 

 

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