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Meaning of pulverulent | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C1
/pʌlˈvɛɹjələnt/

Definitions

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

Equivalents

Español pulverulento
Français pulvérulent
Italiano polverulento

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

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