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pendant

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1. pendant - Noun

2. pendant - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Something which hangs or depends; something suspended; a hanging appendage, especially one of an ornamental character; as to a chandelier or an eardrop; also, an appendix or addition, as to a book.

A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an important part of the construction. There are imitations in plaster and wood, which are mere decorative features.

One of a pair; a counterpart; as, one vase is the pendant to the other vase.

A pendulum.

The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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What evil is there in seeing a man possess a woman? Why, the beasts would be more free than we! It seems to me that that which is given us by nature for our own preservation ought to be worn round the neck as a pendant and in the hat for a medal. Pietro Aretino

One of my most sentimental items is my grandmother's engagement ring that my mom gave me a few years ago. It's a Victorian-style setting that's closed in the back, so it doesn't sparkle the way diamonds do now. I wear it as a pendant. Georgina Chapman

a pendant bunch of grapes Source: Internet

1:1 1,2 diol complex and a 1:1 1,3 diol complex, place the negatively charged borate ion onto the polymer chain as a pendant group. Source: Internet

A close look at the pendant of the neck-piece shows a photo of Burna Boy’s late best friend, Gambo. Source: Internet

Aloe flowers are tubular, frequently yellow, orange, pink, or red, and are borne, densely clustered and pendant, at the apex of simple or branched, leafless stems. Source: Internet

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