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Rarependent
The correct spelling is pendent.
How to pronounce pendent
noun
IPA: /ˈpɛndənt/
Say it like: Pen-den-t
The correct spelling is pendent. A supporting post attached to the main rafter. For example: "One vase is the pendant to the other vase."
Usage Examples
“One vase is the pendant to the other vase.”
Meanings
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.
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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