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raindrop

[ reyn-drop ]

/ ˈreɪnˌdrɒp /

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noun

a drop of rain.

RELATED WORDS

rainfall, deluge, hail, torrent, shower, flood, stream, mist, precipitation, drizzle, sleet, rainstorm, monsoon, moisture, rain, pouring, sprinkle, condensation, spit, cloudburst

Nearby words

Origin of raindrop

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

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for raindrop

The raindrop which falls from the cloud cannot tell upon what plant it drops: there is a quickening power in it, but for what?
Christian Gellert's Last Christmas|Berthold Auerbach
With the raindrop the clue she had been seeking had come to her.
The Empire Annual for Girls, 1911|Various
Raindrop impressions and sun cracks show that the mud from time to time was exposed to rains and the drying action of the air.
Glacier National Park [Montana]|United States Dept. of the Interior
A raindrop seems a common thing, but cast in dramatic form it becomes of rare charm.
The Reconstructed School|Francis B. Pearson

If we derive his name from the same root as ‘ind-u,’ raindrop, then ‘his starting-point was the rain’ (i. 131).
Modern Mythology|Andrew Lang

Word Origin and History for raindrop

raindrop

n.

Old English rendropa; see rain (n.) + drop (n.).

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper