DROPPER | English Meaning, Definition, and Pronunciation

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Word: Dropper

Speech Type: Noun

Etymology:

mid 17th century (in the sense ‘a person who lets something drop’); dropper (sense 1) is first recorded in the late 19th century

Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling: ˈdrɒpə
Dialects: British English
Definition:

a short glass tube with a rubber bulb at one end and a tiny hole at the other, for measuring out drops of medicine or other liquids

Short Definition:

short glass tube with rubber bulb at one end and tiny hole at other, for measuring out drops of medicine

Examples:
  • oils sold in bottles with a rubber-tipped dropper
  • an eye dropper
Definition:

a light vertical stave in a fence, especially a lath used to separate the wires of a wire fence.

Short Definition:

light vertical stave in fence

Definition:

a subsidiary line or loop of filament attached to a main line or leader

Short Definition:

subsidiary line or loop of filament attached to main line or leader

Examples:
  • a dropper line

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