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powdered

powdered

55 1.4
In the form of many tiny dry pieces, like spices or sugar
  • adjective
  • /ˈpaʊdərd/
: en polvo
  • She sprinkled the powdered sugar over the cake for a sweet finish.
  • powdered sugar
  • powdered wig
  • powdered eggs

I incorporated burnt cattle bones, powdered remains, ashes to ashes.

Examples

  • Any of you folks allergic to powdered insecticides?

    The Phoenician Scheme (2025)

  • If you haven't used them yet, these powdered chalks are great to use on your projects.

    Blog text (33)

  • I... I thought maybe the powdered sugar would help.

    I Don't Know How She Does It (2011)

  • "Do you have more of that powdered honey?" Powdered honey.

    Fiction book (2001)

  • We were all covered with the same powdered sugar and smiling.

  • About the powdered eggs, you see, they look something like eggs --

    The Last Time I Saw Paris (1954)

  • I tried making one of the powdered recipes, and it works great!

    Blog text (18)

  • And then somebody bought me powdered dry shampoo.

  • Why didn't we get the powdered milk and the spuds?

    Brokeback Mountain (2005)

  • Septima gathered the powdered pearl, fern seed, and pieces of nutshell she would need for her art.

    Fiction book (2000)

Synonyms

powdery
vspowdered
10 3.0

Covered with fine, dry dust that easily falls off

is made into fine dry particles rather than merely appearing so
pulverized
vspowdered
  • US
4 5.4

A thing made into a fine powder by crushing or grinding

is made into fine dry particles without specifying crushing methods
fine-grained
vspowdered
4 4.4

Contains very small, closely packed particles that make it feel smooth like fine sugar

is composed of loose dry particles rather than tightly packed ones
floury
vspowdered
1 3.9

Something that is soft, dry and powdery like flour

is produced as fine dry particles generally, not only food texture
spray-dried
vspowdered
  • Specialized
1 5.1

Hot air dries a liquid into a powder after people put it into the air as small drops

is made into dry particles without implying a specific drying process
small-grained
vspowdered
1 4.0

Made of very small pieces like fine sand

is made into dry particles rather than only describing particle size
dustlike
vspowdered
1 3.4

Very small and powdery like dust

is formed into fine dry particles but not necessarily extremely thin

Antonyms

whole
∞ 1.0

Complete and not broken or divided

Compounds

powdered sugar
  • US
15 1.0

Fine sugar used for baking and sprinkling on desserts

powdered milk
5 1.4

Dry milk that you mix with water to make liquid milk

powdered ginger
1 2.0

A spice that comes from dried, ground ginger root

powdered mustard
1 3.2

A fine dry spice made by grinding small yellow or brown seeds

How Powdery

pulverized
  • US
4 5.4
powdered
55 1.4
granular
9 5.1

Surface Forms

powdered positive

Morphology

powdered = powder (transparent) = powder + ed

The adjective is a regular past-participle/adjectival formation from the verb 'powder', meaning 'made into or covered with powder'.

Etymology

Powdered comes from powder, a word that long ago meant 'dust' or tiny dry bits. So powdered describes something that has been turned into very small dry particles, 'made into powder', which is why we use it for spices, sugar, or detergent.