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Meaning of Powdering | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. gerund of powder
  2. An application or patch of powder.
  3. A black tuft of ermine fur on the white of a robe of state.

Equivalents

العربية الذرّ
Svenska pudring

Examples

“[T]ryly for the Engliſheman to bee offended with the admixtion of Latine, or the Latine manne to miſlike the poutheryng of Greke, appereth vnto me a moche like thing, as if at a feaſt with varietee of good meates and drinkes furniſhed, one that loueth to feede of a Capon, ſhould take diſpleaſure that an other man hath appetite to a Coney, […]”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

powdering gown powdering tub powderization powderizer powderkeg Powderly

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