raindrop

American  

[reyn-drop] / ˈreɪnˌdrɒp /

noun

1. a drop of rain.

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Etymology

Origin of raindrop

before 1000; Middle English rein-drop ( e ); Old English regndropa; rain, drop

Example Sentences

Jackson shrugs and goes back to his game just as I feel a raindrop land on my arm.

From Literature

These dusty specks condense from the hottest parts of the cloud, in a similar way to the raindrops that form inside clouds here on Earth.

From Space Scoop

It’s a rare gray Saturday in Los Angeles; raindrops collect along a window overlooking a row of trees at Le Parc at Melrose.

From Los Angeles Times

When a raindrop lands on the floating dielectric film, the water beneath it provides the strength needed to absorb the impact because of its incompressibility and surface tension.

From Science Daily

Her feelings of kinship with precipitation are transmuted into a delightfully conceived scene in which little versions of Amélie appear inside every falling raindrop.

From Los Angeles Times