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noun Also, pendent.
1.
a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
2.
an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
3.
a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
4.
that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
5.
EXPANDa match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
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Pendant
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| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Example Sentences
- Mini versions of the crystal light pendant hung on either side of a corner-mounted vanity and mirror.
- Pendant can be worn with either side of the coin displayed.
- Well the article described a pendant drop of fluid as the result of one experiment.
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World English Dictionary
| pendant (ˈpɛndənt) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a. an ornament that hangs from a piece of jewellery |
| b. a necklace with such an ornament | |
| 2. | a hanging light, esp a chandelier |
| 3. | a carved ornament that is suspended from a ceiling or roof |
| 4. | something that matches or complements something else |
| 5. | nautical Also called: pennant a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end |
| —adj | |
| 6. | a variant spelling of pendent |
| [C14: from Old French, from pendre to hang, from Latin pendēre to hang down; related to Latin pendere to hang, pondus weight, Greek span to pull] | |
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Word Origin & History
pendant
c.1400, "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-Fr. pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), from O.Fr. pendant (13c.), noun use of prp. of pendre "to hang," from L. pendere "to hang," from PIE base *(s)pen(d)- "to pull, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring"
EXPANDis attested from 1555. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from 1485. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].
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