powder

powder definitions

• A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing. 

• An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. 

• The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust. 

• To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder. 

• To turn into powder; to become powdery. 

• To depart suddenly; to "take a powder". 

• To use powder on the hair or skin. 

• To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.