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UK:^*^*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈpaʊdəri/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈpaʊdəri/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(pou′də rē)

pow•der•y /ˈpaʊdəri/USA pronunciation adj.

made of or resembling powder:powdery sand on the beach.

pow•der•y (pou′də rē),USA pronunciation adj.

consisting of or resembling powder:powdery sand; powdery clouds.
easily reduced to powder:powdery plaster.
sprinkled or covered with or as with powder:flowers powdery with pollen.

late Middle English powdry. See powder¹, -y¹ 1400–50

'powdery' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):

alginic acid - calx - dust - effloresce - efflorescence - glaucous - mealy - mealy bug - mildew - pollen - powdery mildew - pruinose - sinter - whitefly - ash - bloom - chalk - corn smut - dusty - dustywing - emetine - erythrite - flour - head smut - lutose - meal - mealybug - miller - ninhydrin - orange rust - paprika - plaster of Paris - rock milk - terra alba - yellow rain - saccharine - smut - stamen blight

Synonyms: dusty, floury, more...

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