A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
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Noun
Singular:
raindrop
Plural:
raindrops
Origin of raindrop
From Middle English raindrope, from Old English reÄ¡ndropa (“drop of rain, raindrop"), equivalent to rain +"Ž drop, Cognate with Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel (“raindrop"), German Regentropfen (“raindrop"), Swedish regndroppe (“raindrop").
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Raindrop Sentence Examples
Large ' raindrop ' beads appear in the glass with a rich gold coloring from the refill sherry hogshead.
I'm the first bright blossom you'll see in the spring, The first warm raindrop that April will bring.
The first raindrop slammed into the window so hard that she instinctively recoiled.
By small I mean a drop about the size of, well, a small raindrop perhaps.
The downside is that little information about the raindrop size can then be gained from the fringes.