"Pulverizes" Natural Recordings by Native Speakers
To reduce to a powder or small particles, typically by grinding or crushing. For example: "The machine pulverizes the material into a fine dust."
To reduce or break something into a fine powder; to crush or shatter something into tiny pieces.
The word "pulverulence" refers to the state of being powdery or dusty, often in a way that gives off a fine powder or dust. It can also describe the quality of something that is finely powdered or crushed into a powder.<br><br>Example: The pulverulence of the chalk dust was making it hard to breathe.
Pulvilli are small, plate-like structures found at the base of the tarsal claws in insects, such as flies, beetles, and true bugs. They are responsible for providing additional surface area for the insect to land and grasp onto smooth surfaces, and help the insect to adhere to the surface by the action of small fibrils (microscopic hairs) called tenent hairs that help to increase the friction between the insect and the surface.