Usually means: Fine, dry particles of substance.
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General (28 matching dictionaries)
  1. powder: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Powder, powder: Merriam-Webster
  3. powder: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. powder: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. powder: Collins English Dictionary
  6. powder: Vocabulary.com
  7. Powder, powder: Wordnik
  8. powder: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. powder: Wiktionary
  10. powder: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. powder: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. powder: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. powder: Dictionary.com
  14. powder: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. powder: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Powder (TV series), Powder (band), Powder (disambiguation), Powder (film), Powder (substance), Powder: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  17. Powder: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  18. powder: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  19. powder: Rhymezone
  20. powder: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  21. powder: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  22. Powder: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898)
  23. powder: FreeDictionary.org
  24. powder: Mnemonic Dictionary
  25. powder: TheFreeDictionary.com
  26. powder: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Natural Magick (No longer online)

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. powder: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. powder: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. powder: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Encyclopedia of Graphic Symbols (No longer online)
  2. powder: Idioms

Slang (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Powder (offensive): Racial Slur Database
  2. powder, powder, powder, powder: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  3. Powder: Street Terms: Drugs and the Drug Trade

Sports (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
  2. Powder: Sports Definitions

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  2. Explosives (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  The fine particles which are the result of reducing a dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
noun:  (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
noun:  An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
verb:  (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
verb:  (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
verb:  (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
verb:  (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
verb:  (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
verb:  (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
noun:  A surname.
noun:  (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow.; light, dry, fluffy snow. [Freshly fallen, uncompacted snow, especially in the context of Alpine skiing]
noun:  Ellipsis of powder blue.; the colour powder blue. [A very pale blue colour.]

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