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dewdrop

dewdrop noun: a droplet of water formed as dew.

dewdrop: a droplet of water formed as dew
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Noun

dewdrop (plural dewdrops)

  1. A droplet of water formed as dew.
  2. (dated, slang) A slow pitch.
  3. A plant of species Dalibarda repens.

dewdrop meaning in Tamil and Kannada

dewdrop in Tamil

a droplet of water formed as dew
பனித்துளி paṉittuḷi, பனிநீர் paṉinīr

dewdrop in Kannada

ಇಬ್ಬನಿ

Synonyms of dewdrop

Forms of dewdrop

pluraldewdrops
alternative formdew-drop
alternative formdew drop

Origin of dewdrop

From Middle English deu drop, dew droppe, dewe droppe, equivalent to dew + drop. Compare Dutch dauwdruppel (“dewdrop”), German Tautropfen (“dewdrop”), Danish dugdråbe (“dewdrop”), Swedish daggdroppe (“dewdrop”), Faroese døggdropi (“dewdrop”).

Words formed from dewdrop

Questions about dewdrop

What does dewdrop mean?
Dewdrop means a droplet of water formed as dew.
What is dewdrop in Tamil?
Dewdrop in Tamil is பனித்துளி (paṉittuḷi), பனிநீர் (paṉinīr). See Dewdrop meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is dewdrop?
Dewdrop is a noun.
What is the plural of dewdrop?
The plural of dewdrop is dewdrops.

Words near dewdrop in the dictionary

  1. dewcaps
  2. dewclaw
  3. dewclawed
  4. dewclaws
  5. dewd
  6. dewdrop
  7. dewdrops
  8. dewds
  9. deweaponization
  10. deweaponize
  11. deweaponized

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: dewdrop (page history and authors); dewdrop (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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