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powder
Noun
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Powder is the small parts that are made from any dry substance that is pounded, or ground into dust.
Flour is a powder.
When it's very cold, the snow is like powder.
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A powder is an explosive mixture used in blasting.
powder
Verb
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If you powder something, you reduce something to small parts.
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If you powder something, you put powder on it.
alarm
Noun
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An alarm is a signal that something needs attention or a machine that makes the signal.
I wake up, without an alarm clock, at seven or eight a.m.
People in the restaurant ran out the emergency exit, sounding the alarm.
The safety system was known to be defective and had frequently sent out false alarms.
The hotel did not have fire alarms or a sprinkler system.
A fire in the fry pan set off the smoke alarm.
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Alarm is a feeling of worry or fear.
They watched with some alarm as the speeding car got closer.
This is completely natural and no cause for alarm.
alarm
Verb
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If you alarm someone, you make them feel worried or scared.
The school was alarmed by the number of children failing math.