powdery: Meaning and Definition of

pow•der•y

Pronunciation: (pou'du-rē), [key]
— adj.
  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.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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