dropper
pronunciation
How to pronounce dropper in British English:
UK [ˈdrɒpə(r)]
How to pronounce dropper in American English:
US [ˈdrɑpə(r)]
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- Noun:
- pipet consisting of a small tube with a vacuum bulb at one end for drawing liquid in and releasing it a drop at a time
Word Origin
- dropper (n.)
- 1700, "distiller," agent noun from drop (v.). Meaning "small tube from which liquid may be made to fall in drops" is from 1889.
Example
- 1. Not a medicine dropper filled with organic skim milk .
- 2. If possible , use the syringe or dropper that comes with the medicine .
- 3. Back to his room , get every drop in the dropper .
- 4. You now have a dropper fly set up .
- 5. Vif you guessed that the far right dropper , the white one , is used to set the whitest point your right , but that 's not what we want to do .