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powdery

3 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. powdery (adjective)
  2. powdery mildew (noun)
  3. powdery scab (noun)

pow·dery

adj \ˈpau̇-də-rē\

Definition of POWDERY

1
a : resembling or consisting of powder <powdery snow> b : easily reduced to powder : crumbling
2
: covered with or as if with powder
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Examples of POWDERY

  1. the beach's powdery white sand
  2. We skied down the powdery slopes.

First Known Use of POWDERY

15th century

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