"powdery" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈpaʊdəɹi/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-powdery.wav Forms: more powdery [comparative], most powdery [superlative]
Etymology: From powder + -y. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|powder|y}} powder + -y Head templates: {{en-adj}} powdery (comparative more powdery, superlative most powdery)
  1. Of or pertaining to powder. Synonyms: pulveral Translations (of or pertaining to powder): ψαφαρός (psapharós) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), jauhemainen (Finnish), jauhoinen (Finnish), poudreux (French), pulverig (German), pulverartig (German), pudrig (German), puderartig (German), púdrach (Irish), poodyragh (Manx), pulwrich (Plautdietsch), порошкообра́зный (poroškoobráznyj) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-powdery-en-adj-JT0l~Xp6 Categories (other): English terms with collocations, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -y, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Manx translations, Terms with Plautdietsch translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -y: 64 36 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 68 32 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 72 28 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Manx translations: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Plautdietsch translations: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 84 16 Disambiguation of 'of or pertaining to powder': 95 5
  2. Having a lot of powder.
    Sense id: en-powdery-en-adj-m1xKB~4z
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: powdery liveforever, powdery mildew, powdery scab Related terms: powderiness, powderily, granular

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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