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powder
English
Alternative forms
- powdre (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English poudre, pouder, pouldre, borrowed from Old French poudre, poldre, puldre, from Latin pulverem, accusative singular of Latin pulvis (“dust, powder”). compare pollen fine flour, mill dust, E. pollen. Compare polverine, pulverize.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?pa?.d?(?)/
- Rhymes: -a?d?(?)
Noun
powder (countable and uncountable, plural powders)
- The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
- Grind their bones to powder small.
- (cosmetics) A mixture of fine dry, sweet-smelling particles applied to the face or other body parts, to reduce shine or to alleviate chaffing.
- An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder.
- (informal) Ellipsis of powder snow Light, dry, fluffy snow.
- Ellipsis of powder blue The colour powder blue.
Derived terms
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: paura
- ? Rotokas: paora
- ? Hindi: ?????? (p?u??r)
- ? Maori: paura
- ? Urdu: ?????? (p?u??r)
Translations
Verb
powder (third-person singular simple present powders, present participle powdering, simple past and past participle powdered)
- (transitive) To reduce to fine particles; to pound, grind, or rub into a powder.
- 25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food?
- In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce...
- 25 October 2016, Bettina Elias Siegel writing in New York Times, Should the Food Industry Sneak Vegetables Into Food?
- (transitive) To sprinkle with powder, or as if with powder.
- to powder one's hair
- 23 March 2016, Seth Augenstein in Laboratory Equipment, FDA Proposes Ban on Powdered Surgical Gloves, Decades after Documenting Health Dangers
- Gloves were powdered for more than a century to allow doctors and surgeons to slip them on more easily.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost
- A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars.
- (intransitive) To use powder on the hair or skin.
- 1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
- If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she never forgets to send me away while she is powdering, with a consideration not to spoil my clothes
- 1778-1787, Frances Burney, The Diary and Letters of Madame D'Arblay
- (intransitive) To turn into powder; to become powdery.
- 1934, Edward Knight, The Clinical Journal Volume 63
- Ample evidence is brought forward to show that the higher incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis in Queensland is due to lead paint on the verandahs and railings of the houses, which powders easily during the long Australian summer.
- 1934, Edward Knight, The Clinical Journal Volume 63
- (obsolete, transitive) To sprinkle with salt; to corn, as meat.
- (intransitive, slang) To depart suddenly; to "take a powder".
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
- Miss Gibson appeared in the empty hall, her eyes wide and shocked. The little man who had started all the trouble with his singing telegram had powdered.
- 1980, Stephen King, The Wedding Gig
Synonyms
- (to reduce to fine particles): pound, grind, comminute, pulverize, triturate
Translations
See also
- powder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- powdre, powred, prowed
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old French poudre.
Noun
powder
- Alternative form of poudre
Etymology 2
From Old French poudrer.
Verb
powder
- Alternative form of poudren
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ancho
English
Etymology
From Spanish (chile) ancho (literally “wide chile”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???nt???/
- Hyphenation: an?cho
Noun
ancho (plural anchos)
- A broad, flat, dried poblano pepper, often ground into a powder.
See also
- Poblano on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Chaon, Cohan, nacho
Old High German
Alternative forms
- anco
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *ankwô.
Noun
ancho m
- butter
Descendants
- Middle High German: anke
- Alemannic German: Anke
Old Portuguese
Etymology
From Latin amplus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ã.t??o/
Adjective
ancho m
- broad, wide, ample
- Pois a Catiua e?perta. / foi achou?? en ?u cam?o / ancho ? chão ?en pedras / ? andou o mui fe?t?no
- So the smart captive / went and found herself in a path, / ample and flat, without rocks, / and walked through it very quickly.
- Pois a Catiua e?perta. / foi achou?? en ?u cam?o / ancho ? chão ?en pedras / ? andou o mui fe?t?no
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese ancho, from Latin amplus. Cognate with Galician ancho and Spanish ancho. Doublet of amplo.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /???.?u/
- Hyphenation: an?cho
Adjective
ancho m (feminine singular ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas, comparable)
- broad, wide
- Synonym: largo
- conceited
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ant??o/, [?ãn?.t??o]
- Hyphenation: an?cho
Etymology 1
From Latin amplus.
Adjective
ancho (feminine ancha, masculine plural anchos, feminine plural anchas)
- wide; broad
- Antonym: estrecho
- proud
- Synonym: orgulloso
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? Papiamentu: hanchu
Noun
ancho m (plural anchos)
- width, breadth
- Synonym: anchura
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
ancho
- First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of anchar.
Further reading
- “ancho” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
Anagrams
- nacho
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