Definitions
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- adjective Resembling
powder .
Etymologies
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powder + -like
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Examples
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Its powderlike consistency attaches itself to the grease and dirt in your hair so you can brush the dirt away.
Best in Beauty Riku Campo 2010
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The driver turned into a side road, then cursed as the car skidded in the powderlike snow, unmelted here.
The Dollmaker Harriette Arnow 1954
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And as the opening grew larger the fine powderlike sand began to fall into the power deck.
Stand by for Mars! Carey Rockwell
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In every direction a fine, powderlike sand lay in long undulating ridges.
The Forbidden Trail Honor�� Morrow 1910
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It was gone in one big, powderlike flash, and he was in night again.
The Hunted Woman James Oliver Curwood 1903
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