Pendent
/ˈpɛndənt/
Last Updated: January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
Scrabble:10 ptsWWF:13 pts7 letters
Definition of Pendent
noun
- A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
- A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck.
- The dangling part of an earring.
- A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant.
- One of a pair; a counterpart.
"One vase is the pendant to the other vase."
adjective
- Dangling, drooping, hanging down or suspended.
- Pending in various senses.
- (of a structure) either hanging in some sense, or constructed of multiple elements such as the voussoirs of an arch or the pendentives of a dome, none of which can stand on its own, but which in combination are stable.
- (grammar, of a sentence) incomplete in some sense, such as lacking a finite verb.
- Projecting over something; overhanging.
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