dusting powder


noun

a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.

Origin of dusting powder

First recorded in 1905–10

Words nearby dusting powder

Example sentences from the Web for dusting-powder

  • A dusting-powder, consisting of boracic acid with 5 per cent.

    Manual of Surgery |Alexis Thomson and Alexander Miles
  • Iodol may also be applied to ulcers as a dusting-powder, usually mixed with one to several parts of zinc oxide or boric acid.

    Essentials of Diseases of the Skin |Henry Weightman Stelwagon

British Dictionary definitions for dusting-powder

dusting-powder

noun

fine powder (such as talcum powder) used to absorb moisture, etc