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POUDRIN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does poudrin mean? 

POUDRIN (noun)
  The noun POUDRIN has 1 sense:

1. small crystals of iceplay

  Familiarity information: POUDRIN used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


POUDRIN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Small crystals of ice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

diamond dust; frost mist; frost snow; ice crystal; ice needle; poudrin; snow mist

Hypernyms ("poudrin" is a kind of...):

crystal (a solid formed by the solidification of a chemical and having a highly regular atomic structure)

Meronyms (substance of "poudrin"):

H2O; water (binary compound that occurs at room temperature as a clear colorless odorless tasteless liquid; freezes into ice below 0 degrees centigrade and boils above 100 degrees centigrade; widely used as a solvent)

Holonyms ("poudrin" is a part of...):

downfall; precipitation (the falling to earth of any form of water (rain or snow or hail or sleet or mist))


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