sprinkling
sprinkling · sprinklings
Streuung, Streuen, Ausstreuen, Ausstreuung
The action of the verb to sprinkleThe action of the verb to sprinkle.
US/spɹˈɪŋklɪŋ/
Meaning
4 sensesThe action of the verb to sprinkle.
A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
Streuen, Streuung, Ausstreuen
A light shower of rain.
Sprühregen, Nieseln, Nieselregen
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
A scattering.
Streuung, Zerstreuung
Translations
2 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 4
a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled:
a thin distribion of something:
a light shower of rain:
a scattering:
Forms
plural: sprinklings| Singular | sprinkling |
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| Plural | sprinklings |
regular
Synonyms
94 synonymsClose in meaning
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water:sprinklesparge
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare):aspersion
- a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly:scattering
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby:scatteringsprinkle
Word family
2 related wordsRelatedsprinkle
Derivedsprinkling can