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• v  make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust
• v  apply powder to
  She powdered her nose
  The King wears a powdered wig
• s  consisting of fine particles
  powdered cellulose

• Some were filled with inert lactose or powdered chalk.
• But as melamine experienced a resurgence in American kitchens, the material in powdered form has also come into use by certain unscrupulous food companies as a cheap and .
• Crack offenders have traditionally been treated more severely than those caught with powdered cocaine, a disparity that has weighed heavily on the minority community: last year 82 .

• powderize
• powderise
• powder
• pulverize
• pulverise
• powdery
• pulverized
• pulverised
• small-grained
• fine-grained

News & Articles

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• Pantry shelves need re-stocking
  The New Canaan Food Pantry is seeking donated, non-expired, nonperishable foodstuffs to help stock the shelves. Items in need are cookies, crackers, individual kids' snacks, juice boxes, salad dressing, powdered drinks, tuna, sponges and dish soap. No pasta, beans or soup are needed at this time.
  June 22, 2013 - The New Canaan News
• Local Headlines
  Karen Wolf brushes a powdered sunscreen over her scarred nose at least four times a day. The slightly raised tissue heals where a cancerous basal cell once grew. She speculates years of playing softball in the sun caused...
  June 19, 2013 - Quincy Herald-Whig
• Bumbleroot Foods Launches Indiegogo Campaign
  DENVER, June 19, 2013 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Bumbleroot Foods, a Denver based healthy snack company, has launched an online crowdfunding campaign though indiegogo.com with a goal to raise $30,000 to fund the production of their first product line, a powdered drink mix...
  June 19, 2013 - PR Newswire

Quotes

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• Marlon Brando in Life Style Extra
  Brando writes: "I'm feeling like a very large turd on a very thin stick. I'm holed up in bed and taking everything from sled dog urine to powdered East Indian vulva - maybe won't work tomorrow if I feel the same. I really feel bad for not showing up...
• Sidney Mintz in CBS 3
  In fact, it was mainly used as a medicine at that time,Mintz said. "It was a major ingredient in medicines for the black plague and it was also used by a surgeon who combined the powdered sugar with powdered gold which you'd blow into the...
• John Harrison in WBIR-TV
  I don't think the price of powdered milk in New Zealand should have this much affect on milk in east Tennessee,said Harrison. "We have been running a bare bones operation, cutting back where we can without hurting the quality. Things like...