/ Dictionary / Index P powdery: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: pow•der•y Pronunciation: (pou'du-rē), [key] — adj. consisting of or resembling powder: powdery sand; powdery clouds. easily reduced to powder: powdery plaster. sprinkled or covered with or as with powder: flowers powdery with pollen. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: powdery (Thesaurus) powder snow powdery mildew Related Content Daily Word Quiz: rustic Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language