What does powdery mean?

powdery means "consisting of fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in powdery?

powdery has 3 syllables: pow-de-ry. The stress falls on "pow". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊdɚi/.

What is another word for powdery?

Close synonyms include powdered, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is powdery a common word?

powdery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

powdery — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
consisting of fine particles
“powdered cellulose”
“powdery snow”
“pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”
Synonymspowdered pulverized pulverised small-grained fine-grained
Similarfine
2.
as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder
“a powdery blue”
Similarlight

Questions about powdery

What does powdery mean?: powdery means "consisting of fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in powdery?: powdery has 3 syllables: pow-de-ry. The stress falls on "pow". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊdɚi/.
What is another word for powdery?: Close synonyms include powdered, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is powdery a common word?: powdery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for powdery come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
consisting of fine particles
“powdered cellulose”
“powdery snow”
“pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding”
Synonymspowdered pulverized pulverised small-grained fine-grained
Similarfine
2.
as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder
“a powdery blue”
Similarlight

Questions about powdery

What does powdery mean?: powdery means "consisting of fine particles". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in powdery?: powdery has 3 syllables: pow-de-ry. The stress falls on "pow". In IPA it is /ˈpaʊdɚi/.
What is another word for powdery?: Close synonyms include powdered, pulverized, pulverised, small-grained, fine-grained. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is powdery a common word?: powdery is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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