pulverulence
Definition
Noun: - The state or quality of being pulverulent: "pulverulence" refers to the condition of being composed of fine dust or powder; the property of being reduced to a powdery or dusty form.
Usage Examples
- (The state of being powdery and fragile.)
- (The fine, dusty quality of the ash.)
- (The powdery nature of the soil.)
Advanced Usage
- "in a state of pulverulence": describing something that is extremely dry and reduced to dust.
- After centuries of decay, the old book's pages were in a state of pulverulence. (The pages had become powdery and brittle.)
Variants and Related Words
Pulverulent (adj): consisting of or resembling fine dust; powdery.
- The pulverulent residue on the shelf was left by the disintegrated plaster. (The powdery residue.)
Pulverize (verb): to reduce to fine particles or dust.
- The machine can pulverize rocks into sand. (To crush into powder.)
Synonyms
- Powderiness: the quality of being like powder.
- Dustiness: the state of being full of or covered with dust.
- Friability: the tendency of a solid substance to break into small pieces or powder.
Related Idioms
- To be reduced to pulverulence: to become completely broken down into dust or powder.
- The ancient stone carving, exposed to wind and rain for millennia, was reduced to pulverulence. (It had eroded into fine dust.)