POWDER ROOM • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Powder room

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/pˈaʊdər rum/ Listen

noun

Powder n.

The fine particles to which any dry substance is reduced by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or into which it falls by decay; dust. "Grind their bones to powder small."

An explosive mixture used in gunnery, blasting, etc.; gunpowder. See Gunpowder.

Atlas powder, Baking powder, etc. See under Atlas, Baking, etc.

Powder down (Zool.), the peculiar dust, or exfoliation, of powder-down feathers.

Powder-down feather (Zool.), one of a peculiar kind of modified feathers which sometimes form patches on certain parts of some birds. They have a greasy texture and a scaly exfoliation.

Powder-down patch (Zool.), a tuft or patch of powder-down feathers.

Powder hose, a tube of strong linen, about an inch in diameter, filled with powder and used in firing mines.

Powder hoy (Naut.), a vessel specially fitted to carry powder for the supply of war ships. They are usually painted red and carry a red flag.

Powder magazine, or Powder room. See Magazine, 2.

Powder mine, a mine exploded by gunpowder. See Mine.

Powder monkey (Naut.), a boy formerly employed on war vessels to carry powder; a powder boy.

Powder post. See Dry rot, under Dry.

Powder puff. See Puff, n.

See images of 'Powder room'

Etymology of 'Powder room'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

Share |

"Powder room" Quotes from Famous Books

... special care to prevent the dreadful accident of fire, and let no candles be used without lanterns, nor any at all in or about the powder room. Let no tobacco be taken between the decks, or in the cabins or in any part of the ship, but upon the forecastle or upper deck, where shall stand tubs of water for them to throw their ashes into and empty ...

— Fighting Instructions, 1530-1816 - Publications Of The Navy Records Society Vol. XXIX. • Julian S. Corbett