Meaning

4 senses
  1. Anything that sprinkles.

    разбры́згивательrazbrýzgivatelʹ, опры́скивательoprýskivatelʹ, пульвериза́торpulʹverizátor

  2. An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.

    Sprinkler, Sprinkleranlage

    разбры́згивательrazbrýzgivatelʹ, опры́скивательoprýskivatelʹ, дождева́льная устано́вкаdoždeválʹnaja ustanóvka

  3. A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.

    Feuerlöschanlage

    противопожа́рный спри́нклерprotivopožárnyj sprínkler

  4. A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.

More definitions
  • mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or garden

Examples

12 sentences
  1. I thought this building had a sprinkler system.

  2. I thought that this building had a sprinkler system.

  3. Tom turned off the sprinkler.

    ruТом выключил разбрызгиватель. — averoes

  4. Sami has to fix the backyard sprinkler.

  5. She has a sprinkler system in her front yard.

Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
anything that sprinkles:
irrigation device:
fire sprinkler:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
irrigation device:
fire sprinkler:

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