powdery

«powdery» in Mova's school dictionary: Like powder: fine, dry and soft — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective (powdery, more powdery, most powdery)

meaning for a pupil

1) Like powder: fine, dry and soft. tree →

2) Covered with powder. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science, flour and chalk are powdery solids. Skiers love powdery snow.

examples

• The snow was soft and powdery. tree →
• Flour is a powdery solid. tree →
• The moth's wings were powdery. tree →
• Chalk leaves a powdery mark. tree →
• The powdery sand blew in the wind. tree →
• Skiers love powdery snow. tree →

note

From «powder» + «-y».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «powdery» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.