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dry powder

A powder found in a fire extinguisher that is expelled to smother the fire
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Submitted on July 07, 2010

Additional definitions for 'dry powder':

dry powdercash (or cash-like securities) kept in reserve in case of need.
dry powderUsed other than as an idiom: see dry, powder.
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