Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- 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. This sort of design differs from diaper in not covering the surface so completely, and in showing the pattern isolated with background between.
- In heraldry, same as semé.
- Burnt in smoking, as a herring.
Wiktionary
- adj. which has been made into a powder
- adj. which has been covered with powder (typically referring to makeup)
- adj. obsolete Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
- v. Simple past tense and past participle of powder.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. Reduced to a powder; sprinkled with, or as with, powder.
- adj. obsolete Sprinkled with salt; salted; corned.
- adj. (Her.) Same as Semé.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. consisting of fine particles
Examples
“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.”
“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.”
“They come in powdered, glazed, and chocolate glazed varieties.”
“They were coated in powdered sugar, and tasted like a russian teacake … which is why I was CRAZY in love with them!”
“Those teabagger clowns see themselves as Rambos in powdered wigs.”
“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.”
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“Instead of the plain powdered sugar glaze, I made a cream cheese glaze.”
“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.”
“I am looking for a chocolate cookie that is baked rolled in powdered sugar and kept in the freezer and does not turn hard.”
“When cookies have reached room temperature, after about 30-45 minutes, roll in powdered sugar until completely coated.”
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