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Meaning of "pulverous" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PULVEROUS

pulverous  [ˈpʌlvərəs] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PULVEROUS

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Pulverous is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES PULVEROUS MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of pulverous in the English dictionary

The definition of pulverous in the dictionary is consisting of tiny particles.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PULVEROUS


baccivorous
bækˈsɪvərəs
cadaverous
kəˈdævərəs
carnivorous
kɑːˈnɪvərəs
fervorous
ˈfɜːvərəs
feverous
ˈfiːvərəs
flavorous
ˈfleɪvərəs
frugivorous
fruːˈdʒɪvərəs
graminivorous
ˌɡræmɪˈnɪvərəs
granivorous
ɡræˈnɪvərəs
herbivorous
hɜːˈbɪvərəs
insectivorous
ˌɪnsɛkˈtɪvərəs
mellivorous
mɪˈlɪvərəs
merdivorous
mɜːˈdɪvərəs
nucivorous
njuːˈsɪvərəs
omnivorous
ɒmˈnɪvərəs
ossivorous
ɒˈsɪvərəs
papaverous
pəˈpeɪvərəs
piscivorous
pɪˈsɪvərəs
savorous
ˈseɪvərəs
vermivorous
vɜːˈmɪvərəs

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PULVEROUS

pulver
pulverable
pulveration
pulverine
pulverisable
pulverisation
pulverise
pulveriser
pulverizable
pulverization
pulverize
pulverizer
pulverulence
pulverulent
pulvil
pulvilio
pulvilised
pulvilized
pulvillar
pulvilli

WORDS THAT END LIKE PULVEROUS

adulterous
boisterous
cancerous
coniferous
cruciferous
dangerous
generous
humorous
murderous
noncancerous
numerous
odoriferous
onerous
preposterous
prosperous
seminiferous
serous
slanderous
splendiferous
thunderous
treacherous

Synonyms and antonyms of pulverous in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «pulverous» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PULVEROUS

Find out the translation of pulverous to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of pulverous from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «pulverous» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

粉状
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

pulverulento
570 millions of speakers

English

pulverous
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

pulverous
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

pulverous
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

порошкообразного
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

pulverous
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

pulverous
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

pulvérulent
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pulverous
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

pulverous
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

粉末状
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

가루 형상
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pulverous
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

pulverous
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

pulverous
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पुलाव
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pulverous
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

pulverous
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

pulverous
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

порошкоподібного
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pulverulent
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

κονιοποιημένα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

poeder achtig
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

pulverous
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

pulverformet
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of pulverous

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVEROUS»

The term «pulverous» is used very little and occupies the 165.298 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PULVEROUS» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «pulverous» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «pulverous» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about pulverous

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PULVEROUS»

Discover the use of pulverous in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to pulverous and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In furnaces for pulverous fuel, the combination of a chamber, divided by a wall of refractory material into a mixing chamber, in which the uir and fuel are mixed, and a combustion chamber, for the combustion of the mixture, a fuel inlet and an air ...
‎1919
2
Official Gazette of the United States Patent Office
In apparatus for sintering pulverous iron ores and the like, a heating chamber ; means for producing flame in said chamber, and means for conveying into said chamber material to be treated therein, and for breaking and discharging from said ...
United States. Patent Office, 1910
3
Metallurgical & Chemical Engineering
When pulverous iron ore is heated to a temperature slightly above 25000 Fahr. part of the material is melted and the fused portion acts as a binder. This is probably due to the formation of ferrous silicates. For subsequent use of the clinker in ...
Eugene Franz Roeber, Howard Coon Parmelee, 1910
4
Art in Consumer Culture: Mis-design
After entering the house, climbing the stairs and passing an empty wardrobe, the viewer entered the living room on the second floor, where Pulverous was projected both into the space and onto the exterior of the building. The video portrayed ...
Grace McQuilten, 2011
5
Canadian Patent Office Record
Readily dispersible inorganic pulverous compositions consisting essentially of an inorganic pulverous white or coloured pigment and a non-ionic surface active agent selected from the group consisting of 5-8 membered cyclic acetals and ...
Canada. Patent Office, 1968
6
The Canadian Patent Office Record and Register of Copyrights ...
In a process of producing articles which are subject to abrasion, the steps which com-prise mixing a pulverous hard compound of a hard metal with at least one softer pulverous metal, and treating said mixture with a substance which will attack ...
‎1935
7
Travels in the Two Sicilies and Some Parts of the Apennines
Sometimes We find it so foftened that it has become pulverous 3, and there is a great quantity of white dust on the brow of the mountain. _We may therefore conclude that the sulphureous acids have there been very abundant, and of long  ...
Lazzaro Spallanzani, 1809
8
GeoSpatial Visual Analytics: Geographical Information ...
... radioactive material from the surface soil had been transported by wind to a wider environment. In the sample of the total suspended particles (TSP) taken in Hreceg Novi between 31st May and 1st June the pulverous material was found.
Raffaele De Amicis, Radovan Stojanovic, Giuseppe Conti, 2009
9
Minutes of agriculture, made on a farm of 300 acres of ...
It leaves the surface, at twice going over, as clean and pulverous as can be wished for ; — but single masts would be preferable to double ones. — With these, the off-horse treads that which is textured, and destroys the effect : With those, it will ...
Mr. Marshall (William), 1778
10
A General Collection of the Best and Most Interesting ...
Sometimes we find it so softened that it has become pulverous; and there is a great quantity of white dust on the brow of the mountain. We may therefore conclude that the sulphureous acids have there been very abundant, and of long duration ...
John Pinkerton, 1812

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PULVEROUS»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term pulverous is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Harvest review — a flavoursome but unfocused exhibition
Next to it is a projection of Pulverous [2003], Aernout Mik's video in which zombie-like people methodically demolish a supermarket. The next room is an array of ... «The Guardian, Jun 14»
2
Urinary Tract Infection Treatment: Early Experiments Show Chitosan …
... lobster, crabs, and other shellfish and then grinding them into a pulverous powder. If confirmed, chitosan might be used along with antibiotics to treat UTIs, ... «Medical Daily, Mar 14»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Pulverous [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/pulverous>. May 2024 ».
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