pulverableadj.

Brit.

/ˈpʌlv(ə)rəbl/, U.S.

/ˈpəlv(ə)rəb(ə)l/

Forms: 1600s puluerable, 1600s– pulverable.

Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: pulver v.; Latin pulverāre , -able suffix.

Etymology: < pulver v. or its etymon classical Latin pulverāre + -able suffix.

Now rare.

Capable of being reduced to powder; pulverizable.

ΘΚΠ

the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty > made powdery > able to be

pulverable1617

triturable1646

powderable1650

pulverizable1659

1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 340 Confriction is a certaine light Attrition, by which puluerable things..are quickly leuigated.

1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. iv. 167 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Some liquid substances afforded by wounded plants, that..turned into consistent and pulverable bodies.

1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. ii. 193 Ask him to shew you gold in powder; and, by mixing a little antimony with that metal, he will soon render it pulverable.

1789 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 274 If a little mercury be added to melted zinc, it renders it easily pulverable.

1869 J. E. Halliday in Student II. 228 Trap~rock,..very soft and pulverable.

1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 11 416 The material is white marble of a rather coarse and pulverable texture.

1988 D. Dunn Northlight 28 Our sunlit roofs look nothing on their maps Other than pulverable stone and slate.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	pulverable
释义	pulverableadj. Brit. /ˈpʌlv(ə)rəbl/, U.S. /ˈpəlv(ə)rəb(ə)l/ Forms: 1600s puluerable, 1600s– pulverable. Origin: Either (i) formed within English, by derivation. Or (ii) a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: pulver v.; Latin pulverāre , -able suffix. Etymology: < pulver v. or its etymon classical Latin pulverāre + -able suffix. Now rare. Capable of being reduced to powder; pulverizable. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > constitution of matter > granular texture > [adjective] > powdery or dusty > made powdery > able to be pulverable1617 triturable1646 powderable1650 pulverizable1659 1617 J. Woodall Surgions Mate 340 Confriction is a certaine light Attrition, by which puluerable things..are quickly leuigated. 1680 R. Boyle Exper. & Notes Prodvcibleness Chymicall Princ. iv. 167 in Sceptical Chymist (new ed.) Some liquid substances afforded by wounded plants, that..turned into consistent and pulverable bodies. 1727 P. Shaw & E. Chambers tr. H. Boerhaave New Method Chem. ii. 193 Ask him to shew you gold in powder; and, by mixing a little antimony with that metal, he will soon render it pulverable. 1789 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 79 274 If a little mercury be added to melted zinc, it renders it easily pulverable. 1869 J. E. Halliday in Student II. 228 Trap~rock,..very soft and pulverable. 1896 Amer. Jrnl. Archaeol. & Hist. Fine Arts 11 416 The material is white marble of a rather coarse and pulverable texture. 1988 D. Dunn Northlight 28 Our sunlit roofs look nothing on their maps Other than pulverable stone and slate. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1617
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