Powdery Meaning
/ˈpaʊdəɹi/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf or pertaining to powder.
adjHaving a lot of powder.
Sentence Examples
The snow is powdery.
The snow was powdery.
A light coating of powdery snow covered the ground.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old wall had a ____ texture, crumbling at the slightest touch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The snow had a light, ____ texture that made it perfect for skiing on the mountain slopes.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English powder English -y English powdery From powder + -y.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"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."
— 1870–1871 (date written), Mark Twain [pseudonym; Samuel Langhorne Clemens], chapter XXI, in Roughing It, Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Company [et al.], published 1872, →OCLC, page 157:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The old wall had a ____ texture, crumbling at the slightest touch.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The snow had a light, ____ texture that made it perfect for skiing on the mountain slopes.