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face powder

face powder noun: a cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.

face powder: a cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face
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Noun

face powder (countable and uncountable, plural face powders)

  1. A cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.
    • A waiter brought his aperitif, which was a small scotch and soda, and as he sipped it gratefully he sighed.
      ‘Civilized,’ he said to Mr. Campion. ‘Humanizing.’ […] ‘Cigars and summer days and women in big hats with swansdown face-powder, that's what it reminds me of.’1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 5, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

face powder meaning in Tamil

face powder in Tamil

முகமாவு

Forms of face powder

pluralface powders

Questions about face powder

What does face powder mean?
Face powder means a cosmetic made from coloured talc, applied to the face.
What is face powder in Tamil?
Face powder in Tamil is முகமாவு. See Face powder meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is face powder?
Face powder is a noun.
What is the plural of face powder?
The plural of face powder is face powders.

Words near face powder in the dictionary

  1. face palms
  2. face piece
  3. face pieces
  4. face plate
  5. face plates
  6. face powder
  7. face powders
  8. face pubes
  9. face reading
  10. face reveal
  11. face revealed

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Adapted from Wiktionary: face powder (page history and authors); face powder (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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