Bead

Quick meaning: Bead is a noun meaning Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

Meaning

Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster.

More Meanings

1. A small, round object.
2. A ridge, band, or molding.
3. (intransitive) To form into a bead.
4. (transitive) To apply beads to.
5. (physical chemistry, dated) A glassy drop of molten flux, as borax or microcosmic salt, used as a solvent and color test for several mineral earths and oxides, as of iron, manganese, etc., before the blowpipe.
6. (woodworking) A decorative, convex, rounded profile (often a half-circle) cut into an edge or surface of wood, typically defined by a narrow, deep channel called a quirk.
7. (archaic) Prayer, later especially with a rosary.

Example Sentences

Holonym: prayer beads

the borax bead; the iron bead, etc.

She spent the morning beading the gown.

The raindrops beaded on the car's waxed finish.

Word Forms

• beads
• beading
• beaded

Synonyms for bead

Depending on context, synonyms include drop, pearl, astragal, beading, beadwork.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include beadwork, drop, astragal, pearl, point, counterfoil.

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