| Concept: | Pulverulence. |
| Category: | 1. Solid Matter |
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-nouns
[State of powder] powderiness, pulverulence; sandiness; efflorescence; friability., powder, dust, sand, shingle; sawdust; grit; meal, bran, flour, farina, rice, paddy, spore, sporule; crumb, seed, grain; particle (smallness); limature, filings, debris, detritus, scobs, magistery, fine powder; flocculi., smoke; cloud of dust, cloud of sand, cloud of smoke; puff of smoke, volume of smoke; sand storm, dust storm., [Reduction to powder] pulverization, comminution, attenuation, granulation, disintegration, subaction, contusion, trituration, levigation, abrasion, detrition, multure; limitation; tripsis; filing., [Instruments for pulverization] mill, arrastra, gristmill, grater, rasp, file, mortar and pestle, nutmeg grater, pepper mill, teeth, grinder, grindstone, kern, quern, koniology.
-verbs
come to dust; be disintegrated, be reduced to powder, reduce to powder, grind to powder; pulverize, comminute, granulate, triturate, levigate; scrape, file, abrade, rub down, grind, grate, rasp, pound, bray, bruise; contuse, contund; beat, crush, cranch, craunch, crunch, scranch, crumble, disintegrate; attentuate.
-adjectives
powdery, pulverulent, granular, mealy, floury, farinaceous, branny, furfuraceous, flocculent, dusty, sandy, sabulous, psammous; arenose, arenarious, arenaceous; gritty, efflorescent, impalpable; lentiginous, lepidote, sabuline; sporaceous, sporous., pulverizable; friable, crumbly, shivery; pulverized; attrite; in pieces.
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| Main Entry: | powder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fine, loose grains made by crushing a solid |
Synonyms: |
crumb, dust, film, grain, grit, meal, particle, pounce, pulverulence, seed, talc |
Antonyms: |
solid |