Pulverized

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pulverized
       adj : 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 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