dewdropnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈdʒuː.drɒp/us/ˈduː.drɑːp/a drop of dew
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Precipitation: clouds, dew, fog & steam
- altocumulus
- billow
- cloud-capped
- cloudy
- condensation
- cumulonimbus
- fog
- fog up
- hazy
- miasma
- pea soup
- smog
- steam
- steamy
- storm cloud
- stratocumulus
- thundercloud
- vapour trail
- visibility
- whiteout
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Examples from literature
- And the stone glittered in the sunshine just like diamonds or dewdrops.
- It was a tiny flower of white enamel, with a diamond dewdrop in the centre.
- Like lightning in anger, in calmer moods like the gleam of dewdrops upon flowers.
- The night was chill, damp, and dark, the dank grass bending under the icy dewdrops.
- The night was still ensnared there on the gorse bushes grey with cobwebs and starry dewdrops.