Adults think little about the meaning of the words they uttered. They do not remember their definitions and do not find out the origin. But if you read a patriotic poem about the soldier Alyosha to a little why, then questions will be answered. Among them there will certainly be: “Powder - what is it?” and "Why is she whitening?" Adult willy-nilly will have to understand and explain to the baby incomprehensible words.
What is a powder?
To accurately answer this question, you need to look into the directories. The Explanatory Dictionary edited by Efremova gives the meaning of the word “powder”: fresh, freshly fallen snow. If you look at Ozhegov, you can see a small addition. This snow should fall in the evening or at night. Also defines powder and a dictionary of hunting terms. Over it, it snowed at night and stopped by morning.
All sources reduce the information to one thing: the snow passed at a time when few people moved on it. Therefore, it looks like a clean and even sheet of paper that beckons with a perfect shine and captivates with cleanliness. Particularly amazing on a clear sunny morning of a powder. What it is now has become clear.
Powder in poetry and prose
Creative people cannot help but admire the pristine snow. This leads to the fact that in the works of poets and writers appears powder.
An example is the already mentioned verse, in which there is a line that powder is whitening in the field. In the work of Sokolov-Mikitov, "Lankaran" is written about clean powder in the mountains, on which traces of cat's paws are clearly drawn.
In addition, by its appearance, they judge the change in weather. If the snow has passed during the day, and in the evening the wind has risen, then there is a grassroots powder. The main characters of the works use this fact to determine the weather. For example, in “The Captain's Daughter, ” the master is offered to return from the road, because the wind rises and sweeps the powder.
Powder in the fine arts
Artists also did not ignore the views with clear snow. Therefore, at first there were pictures in which the powder was captured. The photo replaced them, but did not lose their magic and charm.
Landscapes with even snow and clear traces on it are always in demand among nature lovers. Not a single selection of images about winter will be left behind. The picture with her attracts glances and causes a smile.
About powder for those older
If a question about this phenomenon arises in an older child, then more can be said. In this case, to the question of how the powder arises, what it is and why it is called that, such information will be the answer. According to information located in the encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron, the following types of snow can be distinguished:
- riding powder - when the weather is quiet and the snow gradually falls from above;
- grassroots arising from snowing;
- shallow or deep - depending on the thickness of the snow;
- dead, when its thickness exceeds 18 cm, the name arose due to the fact that a small beast cannot pass through it;
- soft powder, which does not make sounds from movement on it;
- hard, arising in the cold and causing a lot of noise;
- printed powder when traces are printed particularly boldly;
- blind, when for some reason there are no paw prints on it;
- warm when the falling snow has already begun to melt.
