powdered

English

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 (Can we find and add a quotation of Harvey to this entry?).

Derived terms

• powdered milk
• powdered sugar
• powdered wiretail
• unpowdered

 

Translations

which has been made into a powder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 粉末状的

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

which has been covered with powder

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Finnish: puuteroitu
• French: saupoudré (fr)
• Portuguese: empoado (pt)
• Spanish: polvoriento (es), polvoroso
• 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