raindrop

rain·drop

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raindrop

a single drop of rain

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raindrop

noun

A drop of rain.

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Noun

(plural raindrops)

A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.

Origin

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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