Standard Lemma guide

powdered

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /ˈpaʊdɚd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈpaʊdəd/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: P AW1 D ER0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Which has been made into a powder.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • powdered milk

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • powdered ladies
  • powdered wig

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: obsolete

Examples

  • Powdered beef, pickled meats
  • .

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of powder

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

consisting of fine particles

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • powdered cellulose
  • powdery snow
  • pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 粉末狀的 /粉末状的 (fěnmò zhuàng de) — which has been made into a powder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 磨成粉的 (mó chéng fěn de) — which has been made into a powder
  • Finnish: jauhettu — which has been made into a powder
  • Finnish: -jauhe — which has been made into a powder
  • French: en poudre — which has been made into a powder
  • Galician: en po — which has been made into a powder
  • Portuguese: em pó — which has been made into a powder
  • Spanish: en polvo — which has been made into a powder
  • Spanish: pulverulento — which has been made into a powder
  • Spanish: polvificado — which has been made into a powder
  • Spanish: polvorizado — which has been made into a powder
  • Spanish: pulverizado — which has been made into a powder
  • ǃXóõ: ǀʻáa — which has been made into a powder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 撲了粉的 /扑了粉的 (pū le fěn de) — which has been covered with powder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 上了粉底的 (shàng le fěndǐ de) — which has been covered with powder
  • Finnish: puuteroitu — which has been covered with powder
  • French: saupoudré — which has been covered with powder
  • Italian: incipriato — which has been covered with powder
  • Portuguese: empoado — which has been covered with powder
  • Spanish: empolvado — which has been covered with powder
  • Spanish: empolvorado — which has been covered with powder
  • Spanish: empolvorizado — which has been covered with powder
  • Turkish: pudralı — which has been covered with powder
Real reading context

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