Definition of pulverize

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Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily..

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Stamp :: Stamp (v. i.) To crush; to pulverize; specifically (Metal.), to crush by the blow of a heavy stamp, as ore in a mill..
Mull :: Mull (v. t.) To powder; to pulverize.
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. t.) 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..
Pulverate :: Pulverate (v. t.) To beat or reduce to powder or dust; to pulverize.
Meal :: Meal (n.) Any substance that is coarsely pulverized like meal, but not granulated..
Fragmentak :: Fragmentak (a.) Consisting of the pulverized or fragmentary material of rock, as conglomerate, shale, etc..
Comminute :: Comminute (v. t.) To reduce to minute particles, or to a fine powder; to pulverize; to triturate; to grind; as, to comminute chalk or bones; to comminute food with the teeth..
Puddling :: Puddling (n.) The process of working clay, loam, pulverized ore, etc., with water, to render it compact, or impervious to liquids; also, the process of rendering anything impervious to liquids by means of puddled material..
Pulverize :: Pulverize (v. i.) To become reduced to powder; to fall to dust; as, the stone pulverizes easily..
Grind :: Grind (v. i.) To become ground or pulverized by friction; as, this corn grinds well..
Separator :: Separator (n.) An apparatus for sorting pulverized ores into grades, or separating them from gangue..
Sula :: Suji (n.) Indian wheat, granulated but not pulverized; a kind of semolina..
Triturate :: Triturate (v. t.) To rub or grind to a very fine or impalpable powder; to pulverize and comminute thoroughly.
Rusk :: Rusk (n.) Bread or cake which has been made brown and crisp, and afterwards grated, or pulverized in a mortar..
Air-slacked :: Air-slacked (a.) Slacked, or pulverized, by exposure to the air; as, air-slacked lime..
Theriaca :: Theriaca (n.) An ancient composition esteemed efficacious against the effects of poison; especially, a certain compound of sixty-four drugs, prepared, pulverized, and reduced by means of honey to an electuary; -- called also theriaca Andromachi, and Venice treacle..
Meal :: Meal (v. t.) To pulverize; as, mealed powder..
Pound :: Pound (v. t.) To comminute and pulverize by beating; to bruise or break into fine particles with a pestle or other heavy instrument; as, to pound spice or salt..
Sandarac :: Sandarac (n.) A white or yellow resin obtained from a Barbary tree (Callitris quadrivalvis or Thuya articulata), and pulverized for pounce; -- probably so called from a resemblance to the mineral..
Flint Glass :: Flint glass () A soft, heavy, brilliant glass, consisting essentially of a silicate of lead and potassium. It is used for tableware, and for optical instruments, as prisms, its density giving a high degree of dispersive power; -- so called, because formerly the silica was obtained from pulverized flints. Called also crystal glass. Cf. Glass..
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