📖 Definitions of "Pendent"
- 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.
- 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.
🔄 Synonyms of "Pendent"
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💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Pendent"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| danglingnoun | Suspended from above. |
| hangingnoun | Suspended. |
| supported | Helped or aided. |
| suspended | Caused to stop for a while; interrupted or delayed. |
| pendantnoun | (architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter. |
| sprinklernoun | An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth. |
| indenoun | (linguistics) Abbreviation of Indian English. [A major dialect of the English language, spoken in many varieties in India and by people from India.] |
| pendulent | pendulous; hanging |
| dangly | Dangling; tending to dangle. |
| pendulous | Hanging from, or as if from, a support. |
| hungverb | Suspended by hanging. |
| flaggynoun | Abounding in flags (plants with sword-shaped leaves). |
| pendulinenoun | A penduline tit. |
| saggingverb | A manner of wearing pants or shorts below the waist, revealing some or all of the underwear. |
| droopingverb | That droops or droop. |
| pendantlike | Resembling or characteristic of a pendant. |
| droopy | Tending to droop; sagging; wilting. |
| adroopnoun | Drooping. |
| lop-eared | Having ears that lop, having ears that hang down pendulously. |
| cernuous | (botany) Inclining or nodding downward; pendulous; drooping. |
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