cricket vs pendant

cricket

noun
  • A relatively small area of a roof constructed to divert water from a horizontal intersection of the roof with a chimney, wall, expansion joint, or other projection. 

  • A signalling device used by soldiers in hostile territory to identify themselves to a friendly in low visibility conditions. 

  • A variant of the game of darts. See Cricket (darts). 

  • An aural warning sound consisting of a continuously-repeating chime, designed to be difficult for pilots to ignore. 

  • A wooden footstool. 

  • An insect in the order Orthoptera, especially family Gryllidae, that makes a chirping sound by rubbing its wing casings against combs on its hind legs. 

  • A game played outdoors with bats and a ball between two teams of eleven, popular in England and many Commonwealth countries. 

  • An act that is fair and sportsmanlike. 

  • In the form crickets: absolute silence; no communication. 

verb
  • To play the game of cricket. 

pendant

noun
  • An ornament of wood or of stone hanging downwards from a roof. 

  • A short rope hanging down, used to attach hooks for tackles; a pennant. 

  • A lamp hanging from the roof. 

  • A piece of jewellery which hangs down as an ornament, especially worn on a chain around the neck. 

  • A long narrow flag at the head of the principal mast in a royal ship. 

  • The dangling part of an earring. 

  • One of a pair; a counterpart. 

  • A supporting post attached to the main rafter. 

  • The stem and ring of a watch, by which it is suspended. 

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