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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A soft pad for applying powder to the skin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soft feathery ball, as of swansdown, by which powder is applied to the skin.
- noun Same as
pluff , 2.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A ball or pad of
soft material used for theapplication ofcosmetic powder to theface .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a soft spherical object made from fluffy fibers; for applying powder to the skin
- adjective used of competitive activities in which only women take part
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treeseed commented on the word powder puff
a small fluffy device (as a pad) for applying cosmetic powder
January 22, 2008