raindrop

[reyn-drop]

noun

1. a drop of rain.

Word History and Origins

Origin of raindrop¹

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

Example Sentences

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.

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

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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.

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

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City's latest jersey features a raindrop graphic over a grey background, with neon green accents on the neck, shoulders and sides.

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