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SPRINKLING

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Dictionary entry overview: What does sprinkling mean?

• SPRINKLING (noun)
The noun SPRINKLING has 4 senses:

1. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly
2. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
3. the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
4. the act of sprinkling or splashing water

Familiarity information: SPRINKLING used as a noun is uncommon.

Dictionary entry details

• SPRINKLING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

sprinkling; scattering

Context examples:

the first scatterings of green / a sprinkling of grey at his temples

Hypernyms ("sprinkling" is a kind of...):

small indefinite amount; small indefinite quantity (an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

A light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Synonyms:

sprinkle; sprinkling; scattering

Hypernyms ("sprinkling" is a kind of...):

rain shower; shower (a brief period of precipitation)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

The act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

aspersion; sprinkling

Hypernyms ("sprinkling" is a kind of...):

baptism (a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth)

Sense 4

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Meaning:

The act of sprinkling or splashing water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

sparge; sprinkle; sprinkling

Context examples:

baptized with a sprinkling of holy water / a sparge of warm water over the malt

Hypernyms ("sprinkling" is a kind of...):

watering (wetting with water)

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