powdered

English

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊdɚd/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpaʊdəd/

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• Hyphenation: pow‧dered

Adjective

powdered (comparative more powdered, superlative most powdered)

1. Which has been made into a powder.

   powdered milk

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

   powdered ladies

   powdered wig

3. (obsolete) Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.

   Powdered beef, pickled meats

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Derived terms

• nonpowdered
• powdered milk
• powdered sugar
• powdered sunshine
• powdered wiretail
• snowpowdered
• unpowdered

Translations

which has been made into a powder — see also pulverized

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉末狀的 / 粉末状的 (fěnmò zhuàng de), 磨成粉的 (mó chéng fěn de)

• Finnish: jauhettu (fi); -jauhe (fi) (requires modifier)
• French: en poudre
• Galician: en po
• Portuguese: em pó
• Spanish: en polvo, pulverulento (es), polvificado (es) (colloquial), polvorizado (es), pulverizado (es)
• ǃXóõ: ǀʻáa

which has been covered with powder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 撲了粉的 / 扑了粉的 (pū le fěn de), 上了粉底的 (shàng le fěndǐ de)

• Finnish: puuteroitu
• French: saupoudré (fr)
• Italian: incipriato (it)
• Portuguese: empoado (pt)
• Spanish: empolvado (es), empolvorado (es), empolvorizado (es)
• Turkish: pudralı (tr)
• ǃXóõ: please add this translation if you can

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Translations to be checked

• Irish: ^{(please verify)} púdrach

Verb

powdered

1. simple past and past participle of powder