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# powder

«powder» in Mova's school dictionary: **A dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (powder, powders); verb (powder, powders, powdered, powdering)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A dry substance made of very tiny pieces, like flour, dust or crushed chalk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#m1)

2) A special powder used for a job: «washing powder», «baby powder», «talcum powder». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#m2)

3) (verb) To put powder on something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#m3)

4) Fresh, light, dry snow (skiers' word). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#m4)

5) Gunpowder (old use). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In science, solids can be ground into powder; powders can be poured like liquids but are still solids; powder dissolves faster than lumps. In everyday life: washing powder, cocoa powder, baking powder. Safety: unknown powders must not be tasted or sniffed; washing powder is poisonous. Phrases: «baking powder», «washing powder», «powdered milk», «keep your powder dry».

### examples

- Grind the chalk into a fine powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x1)
- Mum added baking powder to the cake mix. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x2)
- Washing powder is poisonous; don't touch it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x3)
- Sugar powder dissolves faster than sugar cubes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x4)
- Fresh powder is great for skiing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x5)
- The baby smelled of baby powder. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x6)
- Never taste a powder you don't know. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x7)
- Abandoning the fight he rushed into the powder magazine and fired it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/#x8)

### note

Mostly uncountable: «some powder»; countable for kinds: «different powders». Adjective: powdery, powdered. A powder is a solid, even though it can be poured.

### In the corpora

- [Trick birthday candles have a metal powder, magnesium, in the wick that catches fire again from the glowing wick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/11-the-candle-and-burning/13/)
- [Fire extinguishers use water, foam, powder or carbon dioxide; the coloured band shows which fires each one is for.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/12-fire-what-it-needs/8/)
- [In a hand-warmer pack the iron is a fine powder, so it rusts fast enough for you to feel the warmth.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/13-rust-irons-slow-fire/5/)
- [Sour tastes come from acids; lemons contain citric acid, and sour sweets are dusted with acid powder that stings the tongue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/15-acids-in-the-kitchen/8/)
- [Cakes rise with baking powder or whisked eggs instead.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/21-bread-rising-yeast-at-work/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «powder» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/powder/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.