The meaning of POWDERY is resembling or consisting of powder. How to use powdery in a sentence.

Definition of powdery adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.

The common name, 'whitefly', derives from the presence of secreted powdery wax which is preened over the body and wings by the adults of almost all species.

1. consisting of or resembling powder. 2. easily reduced to powder: powdery plaster. 3. sprinkled or covered with or as if with powder.

Something that is powdery looks or feels like powder. A couple of inches of dry, powdery snow had fallen.

Definitions of powdery adjective consisting of fine particles “ powdery snow” synonyms: fine-grained, powdered, pulverised, pulverized, small-grained fine of textures that are smooth to the touch or …

Factsheet What does the adjective powdery mean? There are five meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective powdery. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.