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powder

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. A powder is an explosive mixture used in blasting.

powder

If you powder something, you reduce something to small parts. If you powder something, you put powder on it.

powder

a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles; a solid that has been pulverized (= gunpowder) a mixture of potassium nitrate, charcoal, and sulfur in a 75:15:10 ratio which is used in gunnery, time fuses, and fireworks any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a pulverized powder apply powder to She powdered her nose The King wears a powdered wig (= pulverize, pulverise) make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust pulverize the grains

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Simple sentences

Do you like powder-snow skiing?
The Middle East is still called a powder keg.
No man can know them, no hunter can shoot them, with powder and lead - Thoughts are free!
In order to make this cake you need baking powder and unsalted butter.
I'm just going to go powder my nose.
Add the powder, stir it, and Bob's your uncle.
There was some kind of white powder on the floor.
Dissolve the baking powder in 1 tbsp water.
Add the flour, salt, baking powder and mashed bananas, and work into a dough.
The police officer found a white powder in the glove compartment.
You have to take this powder after each meal.
The powder is soluble in water.
Powder is soluble in water.
I hate chalk. It leaves powder on your hands.
Mix this powder with a cup of water.

Movie subtitles

Witches were believed to curse people with diseases with the help of sorcerer's powder and magic potions.
One on the hill near the powder house. The other in the mill.
What shade of powder do you use?
Another word from you, and I'll smash you to powder.
Want to powder your nose? - Make her take that.
Mr. Sycamore, I'm afraid we've got the powder chamber too near the balloon.
The powder chamber was too close to the balloon.
You can't have that powder chamber close.
It's paint, knives and hatchets and powder.
The shot's melted down, the powder is.
We need more powder and ball.
The powder is through there, lads.
This is my powder and it stays here. Now, put them down.
That fired at six inches is deeply studded with powder burns.
I'm out of powder.
Want to powder your nose?
We've been sitting on a powder barrel for two weeks.
It's a powder keg!
It's like a powder magazine.
Why, you little powder monkey!
Get me the soap powder.
He gets in trouble, and she takes a run-out powder.
Darling, don't you want to powder your nose or something?
Must have been afraid of you guys and taken a powder.
After that powder you took, you shouldn't have come back to your old hotel.
Amy, do you know the Creole word for fever powder?
I have to get a headache powder.
There was powder at the bottom.
Now you've got to apply some powder.
THEY RUB ALL THE POWDER OFF YOUR BACK.
Taking a powder on me for this.
Say, maybe we all better take a powder out of town.
He took a run-out powder.
Something wrong with the powder.
As soon as the powder goes off, come out quick with the wagons. - All right.
That kind of propaganda is bad anywhere, but inciting the attendants. of the powder room to go on strike?
She has been asked to leave the powder room, but without success.

News and current affairs

Indian children inhale large doses of sulphur and potassium chlorate to fashion flammable powder into matches.
Vast areas of vegetation are being destroyed for lines of white powder.
Detection technology must be capable of analyzing all forms of a drug - whether powder, pill, capsule, or syrup - and of detecting several different grades of quality, not just the junk.
Around the world, in order to enhance performance, people are popping pills and powder known as amphetamine-type stimulants (ATS).
In the midst of the protests, Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar sparked further outrage by suggesting that women carry chili powder to deter would-be rapists.
Indian children inhale large doses of sulphur and potassium chlorate to fashion flammable powder into matches. Youthful glassmakers in Brazil breathe toxic silicone and arsenic fumes.
So it was only a matter of time until this powder keg was ignited.

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