powderise

Other forms of powderise

past tense

powderised·

present participle

powderising·

third person

powderises·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about powderise

What does powderise mean?

powderise means "become powder or dust". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powderise?

powderise has 3 syllables: pow-de-rise. The stress falls on "pow".

What is another word for powderise?

Close synonyms include powderize, pulverize, pulverise, powderize, powder. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is powderise a common word?

powderise is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.