powdery
pronunciation
How to pronounce powdery in British English:
UK [ˈpaʊdəri]
How to pronounce powdery in American English:
US [ˈpaʊdəri]
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- Adjective:
- consisting of fine particles
- as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder
Word Origin
- powdery (adj.)
- early 15c., from powder (n.) + -y (2).
Example
- 1. Beneath the crust , though , the snow is soft and powdery making falling into it oddly enjoyable .
- 2. But at the edges , where the ice has had a chance to melt , all that 's left is powdery sand .
- 3. Agglutinates formed when micrometeorites hit the lunar surface and melted a bit of the powdery regolith . Tiny intact grains of soil were preserved within , like insects in amber .
- 4. I was playing host to a couple from britain , and as I soaked in an open-air bath with ben , the husband , powdery snow began to shake off the surrounding boulders .