ear·drop

(îr′drŏp′)

1. An earring, especially one with a pendant.

2. eardrops Liquid medicine administered into the ear.

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eardrop

(ˈɪəˌdrɒp)

(Jewellery) a pendant earring

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ear•drop

(ˈɪərˌdrɒp)

n.

an earring with a pendant.

[1710–20]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

eardrop - an earring with a pendant ornament

drop earring, pendant earring

earring - jewelry to ornament the ear; usually clipped to the earlobe or fastened through a hole in the lobe

pendant, pendent - an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

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Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies' eardrops and traversed by a brook that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde's Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could run past Mrs.

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