dewdrop
pronunciation
How to pronounce dewdrop in British English:
UK [ˈdju:drɒp]
How to pronounce dewdrop in American English:
US [ˈdudrɑp]
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- Noun:
- a drop of dew
Word Origin
- dewdrop (n.)
- early 14c. (as two words); see dew + drop (n.).
Example
- 1. Am I the dozing dewdrop , sleeping in your palm ?
- 2. Lovely fruit of golden dewdrop trees .
- 3. If every dewdrop bounces sunlight , why does the halo only appear around your shadow 's head instead of over the whole fairway ?
- 4. Said the dewdrop to the lake .
- 5. The dewdrop knows the sun only within its own tiny orb .