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noun

a small flask of gunpowder formerly carried by soldiers and hunters.

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Origin of powder flask

First recorded in 1745–55

Words nearby powder flask

powder compact, powder down, powdered milk, powdered sugar, powder flag, powder flask, powder horn, powder keg, powder magazine, powderman, powder metallurgy

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How to use powder flask in a sentence

Place the flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt on parchment or wax paper.
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Other versions are coated in marzipan, or dusted in powder sugar.
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The company recently partnered with Oakley to create a one-of-a-kind single malt Scotch flask.
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This powder can be shipped anywhere and then reconstituted—just add water, as if it were instant coffee.
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So the new inhaled powder measles vaccine may in a few years turn out to be an easier way to protect kids from measles.
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The law went into operation in England imposing a tax on wearing hair powder.
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The girl began to hum, as she powdered her nose with a white glove, lying in a powder box.
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Steam machinery would accomplish more than nine-tenths of all the work, besides saving the expense of all the powder.
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When first seen it is said to have had a pasty consistency, but on exposure to the air it dried and crumbled into powder.
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The poorest people reduce it to powder by manual labour, in the same way as they grind corn preparatory to baking it into cakes.
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British Dictionary definitions for powder flask

powder flask

noun

a small flask or case formerly used to carry gunpowder

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