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Grammar : Noun
Spell : pen-duh nt
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn dənt



Definition of pendants

Origin :
  • early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c.1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE root *(s)pen(d)- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense of "tapering flag" is recorded from late 15c. "In this sense presumably a corruption of pennon" [OED].
  • As in jewelry : noun precious stones, metals worn as decoration
  • As in necklace : noun chain
  • As in beads : noun string of small, often round, objects
  • As in streamer : noun flag
  • As in chain : noun connected metal links; jewelry made of such links
  • As in complement : noun companion, counterpart
  • As in correlation : noun equating, equivalence
  • As in counterpart : noun match; identical part or thing
  • As in flap : noun winged or extended part of an object
Example sentences :
  • Fancy, actual chains in granite, pendants from elephants' heads!
  • Extract from : « From Edinburgh to India & Burmah » by William G. Burn Murdoch
  • Then into the cavity he hurriedly thrust the broken rings and pendants.
  • Extract from : « The Golden Face » by William Le Queux
  • Next come the Plume and Slit-ears, with their pendants of beads and other trinkets.
  • Extract from : « Early Western Travels 1748-1846, v. 27 » by Various
  • Theyre largely an affair, Im sure of it, of motors and pendants.
  • Extract from : « Adrienne Toner » by Anne Douglas Sedgwick
  • At the second gate, the warder stripped her; he took the pendants from her ears.
  • Extract from : « Painted Veils » by James Huneker
  • It has, likewise, seven pendants of gold and pear-shaped sapphires.
  • Extract from : « Spanish Arms and Armour » by Albert F. Calvert
  • Three other pendants are in the form of whistles for wearing on the neck-chain.
  • Extract from : « Jewellery » by H. Clifford Smith,
  • Prior to 1806, Commodores appear to have kept their pendants flying in all circumstances.
  • Extract from : « British Flags » by W. G. Perrin
  • The probability is that they did not wear any special ensigns or pendants.
  • Extract from : « British Flags » by W. G. Perrin
  • In boats the latter were to have a red ball in the upper canton of their pendants.
  • Extract from : « British Flags » by W. G. Perrin

Synonyms for pendants

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