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raindrop

raindrop

27 1.0
A small drop of water that falls from the sky as rain
  • noun
  • /ˈreɪnˌdrɒp/
translation icon : gota de lluvia
  • Strangely, just at that moment, raindrops began to roll down the windowpanes.
  • raindrops fall
  • impact of raindrops

Oh, that was the biggest raindrop I've ever seen, I swear.

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Examples

  • On the porch overhang outside, raindrops were falling one by one.

    Fiction book (1995)
  • Those raindrops are falling on my head...

  • - Did you feel that raindrop?

  • Each raindrop makes a sound the first time it falls on a surface.

  • "Below, in careful block letters, my son has written, 'When a raindrop falls to earth, it must hurt.'

    Fiction book (1996)
  • When a raindrop hits a pond, the ripples that come off of the raindrop are the shape of water.

  • But I learned a valuable lesson, which is that raindrops can be quite loud on the hard metal surface of a patio cover.

  • "Not going?" Another clap of thunder came as the first large raindrops splattered down.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Halfway to Paramount, a fat raindrop plops like a rotten berry on the windshield.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Did you feel that raindrop as it landed on your face?

Synonyms

water drop
vsraindrop
1 1.0

A small round piece of water that hangs on leaves after rain

is specifically one that falls from the sky

Surface Forms

raindrop singular
raindrops plural

Morphology

raindrop = rain + drop (transparent) = rain + drop

Literal compound of two concrete nouns; meaning 'a single drop of rain' follows directly from its parts.

Etymology

Raindrop comes from the simple parts rain ('water from the sky') and drop ('a small bit of liquid'), so it literally means one small piece of rain falling from the sky.