Powdery

/ˈpaʊdəɹi/ · adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to powder..

Definitions by Sense

1. Of or pertaining to powder.
2. Having a lot of powder.

Example Sentences

powdery drink

We were plowing through great deeps of powdery alkali dust that rose in thick clouds and floated across the plain like smoke from a burning house. We were coated with it like millers; so were the coach, the mules, the mail-bags, the driver—we and the sage-brush and the other scenery were all one monotonous color.

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Word Forms

• more powdery
• most powdery

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