pulverized

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
pulverized
    adj 1: consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose";
           "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from
           granulated sugar by grinding" [syn: {powdered},
           {powdery}, {pulverized}, {pulverised}, {small-grained},
           {fine-grained}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Pulverize \Pul"ver*ize\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pulverized}; p.
   pr. & vb. n. {Pulverizing}.] [F. pulv['e]riser, L.
   pulverizare, fr. pulvis dust, powder. See {Powder}.]
   To reduce of fine powder or dust, as by beating, grinding, or
   the like; as, friable substances may be pulverized by
   grinding or beating, but to pulverize malleable bodies other
   methods must be pursued.
   [1913 Webster]
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
39 Moby Thesaurus words for "pulverized":
      branny, chalklike, chalky, comminute, comminuted, crushed,
      detrital, detrited, disintegrated, dusty, efflorescent,
      farinaceous, fine, flaky, floury, furfuraceous, gone to dust,
      granular, grated, ground, impalpable, levigated, mealy, milled,
      pestled, powdered, powdery, pulverant, pulverous, pulverulent,
      reduced to powder, scaly, scobicular, scobiform, scurfy, sharded,
      shredded, splintery, triturated
antiflux / dictionary / pulverized
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