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insect powders

insect powders is the plural of insect powder.

Meaning of insect powder

Noun

insect powder (countable and uncountable, plural insect powders)

  1. A powder used to kill or deter insects.
    • Susan and Arthur were explaining to Mrs. Paley that an expedition had been proposed; and Mrs. Paley having grasped the fact, gave the advice of an old traveller that they should take nice canned vegetables, fur coats, and insect powder.1915, Virginia Woolf, chapter XIX, in The Voyage Out, London: Duckworth & Co., […], →OCLC

Questions about insect powders

What is insect powders the plural of?
Insect powders is the plural of insect powder.

Words near insect powders in the dictionary

  1. insect hotel
  2. insect hotels
  3. insect house
  4. insect houses
  5. insect powder
  6. insect powders
  7. insect repellent
  8. insect screen
  9. insect screens
  10. insect wax
  11. insectageddon

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