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Meaning of pulverate | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A powdered preparation of some substance.

Examples

“From 1957, aerial dusting was widely applied, water reservoirs were treated with 12% gammexane (hexachlorocyclohexane) pulverate and large areas were smoked with NBC smoke generators.”
“Soy flour, its defatted form and except for its fiber content, has more resemblance in physical and chemical properties to nonfat dry milk solids, and more properly might be called "defatted soy solids," or "soy powder," or "soy pulverate;" however, the defatted soy flour has nearly 20% more protein than the nonfat milk solids .”
“His instinct was sure: anchoring on his left foot and balancing poised over the talclike pulverate, testingly he put his right foot in.”
“Although we know that digitalis leaf was prescribed by Bedford, we do not know which of the two most likely preparations available (digitalis folia BP/ digitalis USP; digitalis pulverate BP and USP) on the market were given as Moran obtained supplies from the US Army in Tunis.”

CEFR level

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