 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
pulverized
adjective: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery
snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated
sugar by grinding" [syn: {powdered}, {powdery}, {pulverised},
{small-grained}, {fine-grained}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, verb (used with an object) [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.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
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
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