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powdery

 [pou-duh-ree]  

pow·der·y

   [pou-duh-ree]
adjective
1.
consisting of or resembling powder: powdery sand; powdery clouds.
2.
easily reduced to powder: powdery plaster.
3.
sprinkled or covered with or as with powder: flowers powdery with pollen.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English powdry. See powder1, -y1
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powder (ˈpaʊdə)
 
—n
1.  a solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles
2.  any of various preparations in this form, such as gunpowder, face powder, or soap powder
3.  fresh loose snow, esp when considered as skiing terrain
4.  slang (US), (Canadian) take a powder to run away or disappear
 
—vb
5.  to turn into powder; pulverize
6.  (tr) to cover or sprinkle with or as if with powder
 
[C13: from Old French poldre, from Latin pulvis dust]
 
'powderer
 
—n
 
'powdery
 
—adj

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