pendant
a hanging ornament, as an earring or the main piece suspended from a necklace.
an ornament suspended from a roof, vault, or ceiling.
a hanging electrical lighting fixture; chandelier.
that by which something is suspended, as the ringed stem of a watch.
a match, parallel, companion, or counterpart.
Also pennant. Nautical. a length of rope attached to a masthead, the end of a yardarm, etc., and having a block or thimble secured to its free end.
Origin of pendant
1Other words from pendant
- pend·ant·ed, adjective
- pend·ant·like, adjective
- non·pend·ant, adjective
- un·pend·ant, adjective
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How to use pendant in a sentence
When I walk through a property with clients who are selling their home, I always recommend paying close attention to light fixtures in the entryway, dining room, pendant lighting in the kitchen, and bathrooms.
Tips to properly prep your home to sell for the most | Justin Noble | June 24, 2021 | Washington BladeThe purse contained a set of keys that had an El Salvador keychain, a blue turtle, a pendant spelling out the word “Love” and what appears to be a glitter-covered canister of protective spray.
Partly dismembered body found by hikers in Maryland: ‘This person has a story to tell’ | Dan Morse | June 16, 2021 | Washington PostAppropriately enough, “Sybille Bedford” makes just the right pendant to Selina Hastings’s excellent earlier biographies of Somerset Maugham and Evelyn Waugh.
‘Sybille Bedford’ is a gossipy appreciation of an oft-overlooked literary great | Michael Dirda | February 17, 2021 | Washington PostHis parents even accessorize him in a mini diamond-encrusted watch and a tiny chain with a pendant that reads “papa bear.”
She is having a necklace made of her sister’s fingerprint, a teardrop pendant similar to the one the sisters had made after Kim’s death.
‘I said goodbye to my sister through a computer screen’ | Holly Bailey | January 2, 2021 | Washington Post
Three years later, another father and son duo found a 500-year-old gold pendant worth $4 million in Essex.
But the beautiful porcelain pendant that Agatha (Saoirse Ronan) wears.
It was made by society jewelers Garrard, who refashioned the gems from a pendant she was given by her husband, George VI.
The pendant light is a flotilla of hot air balloons hand blown in glass.
It had a pendant that looked like a house, which to me signifies warmth and happiness.
The dew moistened each leaf, or hung in glittering pendant drops upon the thorn of the prickly pears which lined the roads.
Newton Forster | Captain Frederick MarryatJimmy sat bolt upright, his black hat pendant between his knees.
Blazed Trail Stories | Stewart Edward WhiteHistoire de l'Europe pendant la Révolution Française, ii., 58-60.
The Political History of England - Vol. X. | William HuntA gold chain, with a number of pendant scaraboei, was found in a tomb in Vulci, transcending anything before seen by him.
Each bore a slender wand of two triangles of reeds adorned at the corners with pendant plumes.
The Mountain Chant, A Navajo Ceremony | Washington Matthews
British Dictionary definitions for pendant
/ (ˈpɛndənt) /
an ornament that hangs from a piece of jewellery
a necklace with such an ornament
a hanging light, esp a chandelier
a carved ornament that is suspended from a ceiling or roof
something that matches or complements something else
Also called: pennant nautical a length of wire or rope secured at one end to a mast or spar and having a block or other fitting at the lower end
a variant spelling of pendent
Origin of pendant
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