EYE DROPPER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does eye dropper mean? 

• EYE DROPPER (noun)
  The noun EYE DROPPER has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: EYE DROPPER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EYE DROPPER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

dropper; eye dropper

Context example:

she used an eye dropper to administer medication to the eyes

Hypernyms ("eye dropper" is a kind of...):

pipet; pipette (measuring instrument consisting of a graduated glass tube used to measure or transfer precise volumes of a liquid by drawing the liquid up into the tube)