dropper
noun/ˈdrɒpə(r)/
/ˈdrɑːpər/
- a short glass tube with a hollow rubber end used for measuring medicine or other liquids in drops
- an eye dropper
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDropper is used after these nouns:- medicine
Word Originmid 17th cent. (in the sense ‘a person who lets something drop’); the current sense is first recorded in the late 19th cent.Want to learn more?
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