powdery
adjectiveHow many syllables in powdery?
There are 3 syllables in the word powdery.How to pronounce powdery:
Definition of powdery:
- powdery (adjective):
- easily broken up
- consisting of fine particles.
- resembling or consisting of powder
Synonyms for powdery:
chalky
crumbling
crumbly
dry
dusty
fine
fine-grained
floury
friable
grainy
granular
loose
pulverised
pulverized
sandy
small-grained
smooth
Antonyms for powdery:
chapped
coarse
comminuted
crumbly
grained
grainy
granular
granulated
gravelly
gritty
ground
lumpy
particulate
powder
powdered
rough
sandy
solid
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