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dropper
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dropper has 1 sense
- dropper(n = noun.artifact) eye dropper - 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; "she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes" is a kind of pipet, pipette
Derived form verb drop15
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dropper, n.
1 a device for administering liquid, esp. medicine, in drops.
2 Austral., NZ, & S.Afr. a light vertical stave in a fence.
1 a device for administering liquid, esp. medicine, in drops.
2 Austral., NZ, & S.Afr. a light vertical stave in a fence.
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