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Pendent

noun
/ˈpɛndənt/
Word Frequency: 0.3

Definitions

1.nounA supporting post attached to the main rafter.
2.nounA piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
3.nounThe dangling part of an earring.
4.nounA short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
5.nounOne of a pair; a counterpart.
"One vase is the pendant to the other vase."
6.nounAn appendix or addition, as to a book.
7.noun(in the plural) Testicles.
8.nounA pendulum.
9.nounThe stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
10.nounA lamp hanging from the roof.
11.nounAn ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
12.nounA long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
13.adjectiveDangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
14.adjectivePending in various senses.
15.adjective(of a structure) either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
16.adjective(grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
17.adjectiveProjecting over something; overhanging.

Synonyms

danglinghangingsupportedsuspendedpendantsprinklerindependulentdanglypenduloushungflaggy

Rhymes With

gen dent
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