pulverised

1. 1.

   consisting of fine particles

   “powdered cellulose”

   “powdery snow”

   “pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”

   Synonymspowderedpowderypulverizedsmall-grainedfine-grained

   Similarfine

Questions about pulverised

What does pulverised mean?

pulverised means "consisting of fine particles".

How many syllables are in pulverised?

pulverised has 3 syllables: pul-veri-sed. The stress falls on "pul".

What is another word for pulverised?

Close synonyms include powdered, powdery, pulverized, small-grained, fine-grained. 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 pulverised a common word?

pulverised is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.