pendant

Plural: pendants

Noun

• A piece of jewelry or ornament that hangs from a chain.
• an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)
• branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling
• A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
• A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
• The dangling part of an earring.
• A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
• One of a pair; a counterpart.
• The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.
• A lamp hanging from the roof.
• An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof.
• A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship.
• An appendix or addition, as to a book.
• Testicles.
• A pendulum.

Adjective Satellite

• held from above
  • "a pendant bunch of grapes"

Examples

• He considered playing PENDANT, a word that would dangle tantalizingly across a triple letter score.
• One vase is the pendant to the other vase.

Synonyms

chandelier, dependent, pendent

Related Words

penchant, pendent, pennant, to depend, to impend, to pend