| a. | 1. | Easily crumbling to pieces; friable; loose; |
| 2. | Sprinkled or covered with powder; dusty; | |
| 3. | Resembling powder; consisting of powder. |
| Adj. | 1. | powdery - consisting of fine particles; "powdered cellulose"; "powdery snow"; "pulverized sugar is prepared from granulated sugar by grinding" |
| 2. | powdery - as if dulled in color with a sprinkling of powder; "a powdery blue" |
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