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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
Latina pulverulentus

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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See also

pulvillar pulvilled pulvilliform pulvinar pulvinate pulvinated

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