Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Having the appearance of powder, or of a surface covered with fine powder: as, a powdered glaze in porcelain; in zoology, marked as if powdered or dusted over: as, the powdered quaker, Tæniocampa gracilis, a moth; the powdered wainscot, Simyra venosa, a moth.
- Ornamented with a small pattern, as a flower or the like, continually repeated.
- In heraldry, same as
semé . - Burnt in smoking, as a herring.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
- adjective obsolete Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
- adjective (Her.) Same as
Semé .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective which has been made into a
powder - adjective which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup)
- adjective obsolete Sprinkled with
salt ; salted; corned. - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
powder .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective consisting of fine particles
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Examples
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These pulverized sugars are known on the market as _coarse powdered, standard powdered_, and _XXXX powdered_, the last being the one that should always be purchased for the making of confectionery where the use of uncooked sugar is required.
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Like it or not, the Founding Fathers, the people who created the Western Civilization that established the premises to allow racial equality to come to the forefront, were a bunch of old, slave-owning white guys in powdered wigs.
Standing Pat 2009
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You may as well have the Senators appointed by fancy-lads in powdered wigs, it is a bullshit institution that should be done away with completely.
Matthew Yglesias » George Will’s Odd Aversion to Democracy 2009
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Those teabagger clowns see themselves as Rambos in powdered wigs.
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Instead of the plain powdered sugar glaze, I made a cream cheese glaze.
Archive 2009-04-01 2009
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They were coated in powdered sugar, and tasted like a russian teacake … which is why I was CRAZY in love with them!
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World history, as I remember it P.L. (pre-Lepler), was a mindless regurgitation of war facts and dates coupled with names of white men in powdered wigs who ordered the murder of thousands of people in the name of progress.
Nancy Cronk: Education Reform: Back to the Future? Nancy Cronk 2010
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They come in powdered, glazed, and chocolate glazed varieties.
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Instead of the plain powdered sugar glaze, I made a cream cheese glaze.
Hot Cross Buns 2009
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I am looking for a chocolate cookie that is baked rolled in powdered sugar and kept in the freezer and does not turn hard.
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