Powder may refer to:
- Powder (substance), material composed of very fine particles that are not cemented together
Several powdery substances are known colloquially as "powder":
- Baking powder, a leavening agent
- Cocaine
- Fine snowfall
- Gunpowder, the explosive powder used as a propellant
- Laundry detergent in powder form
- Powdered milk, a milk powder made from dried milk solids
- Cosmetic powders such as face powder and body or talcum powders
- Various dry chemical fire extinguishing agents
Powder may also refer to:
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Famous quotes containing the word powder:
“My little ‘bout-town gal has gone
‘Bout town with powder and blue dye
On her pale lids....”
—Gwendolyn Brooks (b. 1917)
“Despite my asbestos gloves,
the cough is filling me with black,
and a red powder seeps through my veins....”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“Uncle Ben’s brass bullet-mould
And powder horn, and Major Bogan’s face
Above the fire, in the half-light, plainly said
There’s naught to kill but the animated dead;”
—Allen Tate (1899–1979)