dusting powder

noun

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

dusting-powder

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of dusting powder¹

First recorded in 1905–10

Example Sentences

However, all too often, the senior citizen in a nursing home will be given something completely useless, such as dusting powder, or some silly knickknack.

From Washington Post

She said state police badly damaged the fingerprints they found at the crime scene with smears and excess dusting powder.

From Washington Post

Very little in his case of Cleopatra is something men would want to buy—except for aftershave dusting powder, most of it is for women.

From Literature

In makeup school, they taught us to do foundation first, and to heavily powder under the eyes with white dusting powder to catch eyeshadow fallout.

From Salon

She shook some dusting powder into a plastic tub and the students held it up to the open cage.

From Washington Times