Meaning of "powder"

powder •

n.
• • 1. a solid reduced to dust by pounding, crushing or grinding: pulbos
  • 2. face powder: pulbos sa mukha
  • 3. talcum powder: talko, talkom
  • 4. gunpowder: pulbura, pulbura

v.
• • 1. to make into powder: magpulbos, pumulbos, pulbusin, magdurog, dumurog, durugin, magligis, lumigis, ligisin
  • 2. to sprinkle or cover with powder: magpulbos, pulbusan
  • 3. to become powder: mapulbos, maligis

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mill

n.
• • 1. a machine for grinding rice: kiskisan, gilingan ng palay
  • 2. a place or plant for grinding rice: bigasan, kiskisan
  • 3. a sugar mill: kabyawan

v.
• • 1. to mill or grind rice or corn: gumiling, gilingin, kumiskis, kiskisin
  • 2. to get rice milled: magpakiskis, ipakiskis, magpagiling, ipagiling
  • 3. to mill sugar cane: magkabyaw, kumabyaw, kabyawin
  • 4. to get sugar cane mill: magpakabyaw, ipakabyaw
  • 5. to grind into powder (as coffee or cacao): gumiling, gilingin magmuli, mulihin
  • 6. to move about in a circle in a confused way: magpaikut-ikot, umikut-ikot, paikut-ikutin

pulverize

v.
• • 1. to grind to powder: magpulbos, pumulbos, pulbusin, magligis, lumigis, ligisin
  • 2. to become dust: mapulbos, maligis

make-up

n.
• • powder, paint, lipstick, etc.: mga pampaganda, meykap, mekap

pound

n.
• • 1. pound, a measure of weight equal to
  • 16. ounces: libra
  • 2. pound

n.
• • an enclosed place to put stray animals in: kulungan a pen: koral.
  • 3. pound

n.
• • a heavy blow, or its sound: kalampag, kabog, kalantog, kalabog, katok na malakas

v.
• • 1. to strike or beat heavily again and again: kumalampag, kalampagin, pumukpok, pukpukin
  • 2. to crush grain in a mortar with a pestle: magbayo, bumayo, bayuhin, magdikdik, dikdikin
  • 3. to crush to powder by beating: magdurog, durugin
  • 4. to strike (pound) with the fist: sumuntok, suntukin

grind

v.
• • 1. to crush into bits: gumiling, gilingin
  • 2. to crush into powder, pulverize: magdurog, dumurog, durugin
  • 3. to pound and crush in a mortar: magdikdik, dumikdik, dikdikin, magbayo, bumayo, bayuhin
  • 4. to sharpen or make smooth by rubbing on something rough: maghasa, ihasa
  • 5. to rub harshly (on, into, against or together): magkiskis, kiskisin, ikiskis
  • 6. to rub (grind) the teeth together: mangalit, pangalitin

gunpowder

n.
• • powder used in firearms: pulbura

pepper

n.
• • 1. a seasoning powder with a hot taste: paminta
  • 2. a hollow red or green vegetable that is cut into pieces and used in pickles: sili

v.
• • 1. to hit with small objects sent thick and fast: magpaulan, paulanan
  • 2. to season with pepper (in powder): magpaminta, pamintahan

polbo

n.
• • powder [var. pulbos]

bitsin

Ch n.
• • flavoring powder, seasoning [var. betsin]

beking-pawder

Eng n.
• • baking powder

pulbos

n.
• • powder

takal

n.
• • takalan (-an) a measure magtakal, tumakal, takalin (mag-:-um-:-in)

v.
• • to measure by volume of liquids, grains or powder. Magtakal ka ng bigas. Measure the uncooked rice.