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pulverulent

Adjective CEFR C1
pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt

Definitions

Consisting of, covered with, or disintegrating into a fine powder; powdery; dusty.

Equivalents

Españolpulverulento
Françaispulvérulent
Italianopolverulento
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Examples

The first pulverulent snows told that Christmas was at hand.”
“2004, Umberto Eco (Geoffrey Brock. trans.), The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana, →ISBN, p. 120, If a cellar prefigures the underworld, an attic promises a rather threadbare paradise, where the dead bodies appear in a pulverulent glow.”

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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