powder

ruuti

pulveri, puuteri

puuteroida

jauhaa hienoksi The fine particles which are the result of reducing dry substance by pounding, grinding, or triturating, or the result of decay; dust.
*3 February 2017, Deborah Orr writing in The Guardian, https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2017/feb/03/spanish-vegetables-weather-courgettes-lettuce Veg crisis, what veg crisis? If we can’t have courgettes, then let us eat kale

Let them stop fretting about vegetables denied by the weather and eat chilli powder. Just explain to them that they really shouldn’t think about spiralising it, because that doesn’t work.

Grind their bones to powder small.

She was redolent of violet sachet powder, and had warm, soft, white hands, but she danced divinely, moving as smoothly as the tide coming in.

In desperation, they dried fruits and vegetables in an old food dehydrator they had, then used their coffee grinder to powder the produce...

to powder ones hair''

Gloves were powdered for more than a century to allow doctors and surgeons to slip them on more easily.

A circling zone thou seest / Powdered with stars.

If she is grave, and reads steadily on, she dismisses me, whether I am dressed or not; but at all times she never forgets to send me away while she is powdering, with a consideration not to spoil my clothes

Ample evidence is brought forward to show that the higher incidence of chronic interstitial nephritis in Queensland is due to lead paint on the verandahs and railings of the houses, which powders easily during the long Australian summer.