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tear catcher

tear catcher noun: a kind of ornamental glass vase with a fixture shaped for a person's eye, supposed to be used to collect tears of sorrow.

Noun

tear catcher (plural tear catchers)

  1. A kind of ornamental glass vase with a fixture shaped for a person's eye, supposed to be used to collect tears of sorrow.

Forms of tear catcher

pluraltear catchers

Questions about tear catcher

What does tear catcher mean?
Tear catcher means a kind of ornamental glass vase with a fixture shaped for a person's eye, supposed to be used to collect tears of sorrow.
What part of speech is tear catcher?
Tear catcher is a noun.
What is the plural of tear catcher?
The plural of tear catcher is tear catchers.

Words near tear catcher in the dictionary

  1. tear ass
  2. tear at
  3. tear away
  4. tear blower
  5. tear blowers
  6. tear catcher
  7. tear catchers
  8. tear down
  9. tear dress
  10. tear duct
  11. tear ducts

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