pendent
noun
- 1
A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- 2
A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- 3
The dangling part of an earring.
- 4
A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- 5
One of a pair; a counterpart.
“One vase is the pendant to the other vase.”
- 6
An appendix or addition, as to a book.
- 7
(in the plural) Testicles.
- 8
A pendulum.
- 9
The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
- 10
A lamp hanging from the roof.
- 11
An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
- 12
A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
adjective
- 1
Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- 2
Pending in various senses.
- 3
(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.
- 4
(grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
- 5
Projecting over something; overhanging.
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