Pendant Definition

pendənt
pendants
noun
pendants
A hanging ornamental object, as one suspended from an earring or a necklace.
Webster's New World
The stem and ring of a pocket watch.
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Anything hanging, as the pull chain on a lamp.
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Either of a pair; match or companion piece.
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A decorative piece suspended from a ceiling or roof, as in Gothic architecture.
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adjective

Pendent.

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Other Word Forms of Pendant

Noun

Singular:
pendant
Plural:
pendants

Origin of Pendant

  • Middle English pendaunt from Old French pendant from present participle of pendre to hang from Vulgar Latin pendere from Latin pendēre (s)pen- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Anglo-Norman pendaunt, Middle French pendant, noun use of adjective.

    From Wiktionary

Pendant Sentence Examples

  • All have white pendant flowers, tipped with green.

  • Talia smiled back then tried hard to grip the pendant, fascinated by its shininess.

  • This collection, which has been widely read, is a pendant to the Historia Lausiaca of Palladius and the monkish tales of Sozomen.

  • Also from ancient times Naturally, the introduction of the pendant seal invited an impression on the back as well as on the face of the disk of wax or other material employed.

  • This inquiry which was long called "rational cosmology," may be said to form part of the general subject of metaphysics, or at all events a pendant to it.

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Words Starting With

PPEPEN

Words Ending With

TNTANT

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Words Starting With P and Ending With T

Starts With P & Ends With TStarts With PE & Ends With TStarts With P & Ends With NT

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With P7 Letter Words Ending With T