POWDERY

powdery

(adjective) as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder; “a powdery blue”

powdered, powdery, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained

(adjective) consisting of fine particles; “powdered cellulose”; “powdery snow”; “pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

powdery (comparative more powdery, superlative most powdery)

Of or pertaining to powder.

Source: Wiktionary


Pow"der*y, a.

1. Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; as, a powdery spar.

2. Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; as, the powdery bloom on plums.

3. Resembling powder; consisting of powder. "The powdery snow." Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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