verb
- Make into a powder by breaking up or cause to become dust.
- usage: "pulverize the grains"
- Apply powder to.
- usage: "She powdered her nose"; "The King wears a powdered wig"
- synonyms: powder
adjective
- Consisting of fine particles.
- usage: "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding"
- synonyms: powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained
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