PENDANT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does pendant mean? 

• PENDANT (noun)
  The noun PENDANT has 2 senses:

1. an adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

2. branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

  Familiarity information: PENDANT used as a noun is rare.

• PENDANT (adjective)
  The adjective PENDANT has 1 sense:

1. held from above and hanging down

  Familiarity information: PENDANT used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PENDANT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An adornment that hangs from a piece of jewelry (necklace or earring)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

pendant; pendent

Hypernyms ("pendant" is a kind of...):

adornment (a decoration of color or interest that is added to relieve plainness)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "pendant"):

lavalier; lavaliere; lavalliere (jeweled pendant worn on a chain around the neck)

Holonyms ("pendant" is a part of...):

necklace (jewelry consisting of a cord or chain (often bearing gems) worn about the neck as an ornament (especially by women))

drop earring; eardrop; pendant earring (an earring with a pendant ornament)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Branched lighting fixture; often ornate; hangs from the ceiling

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

chandelier; pendant; pendent

Hypernyms ("pendant" is a kind of...):

lighting fixture (a fixture providing artificial light)

• PENDANT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Held from above and hanging down

Synonyms:

dependent; pendant; pendent

Context example:

a pendant bunch of grapes

Similar:

supported (held up or having the weight borne especially from below)

 Context examples 

The English Springer Spaniel is a compact, medium-sized dog with long pendant ears.

(English Springer Spaniel, NCI Thesaurus)

The small triangular ears are pendant.

(Newfoundland, NCI Thesaurus)

The American Foxhound is a large hound with broad, pendant ears and a short, hard coat.

(American Foxhound, NCI Thesaurus)

The medium-sized ears are triangular and pendant.

(Great Pyrenees, NCI Thesaurus)

A pharmaceutical dosage form containing active substance(s) delivered via pendant.

(Pendant Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

It was the wife, this time, but the pendant she brought was the fellow of the other.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Triangular, pendant ears are rather small with rounded tips.

(Anatolian Shepherd Dog, NCI Thesaurus)

The ears are long, wide and pendant.

(Beagle, NCI Thesaurus)

The v-shaped wide-set ears are pendant and dark colored.

(Bullmastiff, NCI Thesaurus)

The head is large with a broad, flat skull and pendant, medium-sized, triangular ears.

(Greater Swiss Mountain Dog, NCI Thesaurus)