eyedropper
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- noun
- /ˈaɪˌdrɒpər/
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cuentagotas
- "Here's what you need to do," she said, handing me an eyedropper and a vial of what looked to be tea.
Examples
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To ensure the lab results were accurate, the scientist used an eyedropper to measure the liquid precisely.
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So I'm just going to get my trusty eyedropper and we'll see what happens.
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By using an eyedropper, the glycerin drops can be placed on the glass in any form or pattern.
Academic text (2010) -
It smells incredible and I just use a little eyedropper of this on my face, make just literally a few drops.
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I had to buy eyedroppers to start using inks and I've started using them for like everything.
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He draws an eyedropper full of the fluid and holds it over Jacob's mouth.
Fiction book (1990) -
The medic stuck an I.V. into Eliot's arm, wet his face, and dribbled cold water into his mouth from an eyedropper.
Fiction book (2000) -
To isolate a zooplankter, pick it up in an eyedropper and place it in a clean Petri dish or in a thin glass container.
Academic text (2010) -
They start with varying amounts of juniper, then use an eyedropper to mix and match different combinations and portions of botanicals.
Blog text (23) -
A few weeks earlier, Chuck and I had gone down to Atlantic City for the weekend, and I'd come into our room at the Trump Casino Hotel to find him standing in front of the bathroom mirror in a towel, using an eyedropper to apply Rogaine across his scalp.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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A small tube with a rubber bulb used to put medicine or liquid in small drops
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A small tube with a soft rubber top that makes drops of liquid
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Etymology
Eyedropper is simply the two words eye and drop, where eye is 'eye' and drop is 'a small bit of liquid'. So an eyedropper is a small tool that gives or takes single drops of liquid, often to put medicine into the eye or to measure small amounts.