powdery

powdery
adjective
1) (like powder) pulv[e]rig; (in powder form) pulverförmig; (finer) pud[e]rig/puderförmig
2) (crumbly) bröckelig; bröselig
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adjective (like powder: powdery soil.) pulverig
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pow·dery
[ˈpaʊdəri, AM -ɚi]
adj pulvrig; (finer) pudrig
\powdery chalk bröck[e]lige [o brös[e]lige] Kreide
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['paUdərI]
adj
1) (= like powder) pulvrig
2) (= crumbly) bröckelig; bones morsch
3) (= covered with powder) gepudert
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powdery adj
1. pulverig, Pulver…:
powdery snow Pulverschnee m
2. staubig, bestäubt
3. (leicht) zerreibbar
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adjective
1) (like powder) pulv[e]rig; (in powder form) pulverförmig; (finer) pud[e]rig/puderförmig
2) (crumbly) bröckelig; bröselig
* * *
adj.
pulverig adj.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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