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[syn: powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pulverized; p.
pr. & vb. n. Pulverizing.] [F. pulv['e]riser, L.
pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See Powder.]
To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or
the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by
grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other
methods must be pursued.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pulverized
adj 1: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose";
"powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from
granulated sugar by grinding" [syn: powdered,
powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained,
fine-grained]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "pulverized":
branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed,
detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent,
farinaceous, fine, flaky, floury, furfuraceous, gone to dust,
granular, grated, ground, impalpable, levigated, mealy, milled,
pestled, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverous, pulverulent,
reduced to powder, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded,
shredded, splintery, triturated