dusting powder


noun
  1. a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.

Origin of dusting powder

1
First recorded in 1905–10

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How to use dusting powder in a sentence

  • This is painted over the parts and allowed to dry, and a mild dusting powder sprinkled over.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The same applications or a dusting powder of calomel may also be used on moist papules.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • Iodol may also be applied to ulcers as a dusting-powder, usually mixed with one to several parts of zinc oxide or boric acid.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin | Henry Weightman Stelwagon
  • The entire wound is then covered with a dusting powder composed of zinc oxide, boric acid, exsiccated alum, phenol and camphor.

    Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix
  • He left the colt in the pasture and all the care it received was the regular application of a proprietary dusting powder.

    Lameness of the Horse | John Victor Lacroix

British Dictionary definitions for dusting-powder

dusting-powder

noun
  1. fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc

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