SPRINKLING as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • the act of sprinkling or splashing water
   Synonym(s)
   • sparge (what does sparge mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
   • a sparge of warm water over the malt
   Hypernyms(s) sprinkling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • watering (what does watering mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • sparge (what does sparge mean?)
   • besprinkle (what does besprinkle mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • sparge (what does sparge mean?)
   • besprinkle (what does besprinkle mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • splash (what does splash mean?)
   • splosh (what does splosh mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
   Synonym(s)
   • aspersion (what does aspersion mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sprinkling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • baptism (what does baptism mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
   Synonym(s)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) sprinkling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • shower (what does shower mean?)
   • rain shower (what does rain shower mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • spit (what does spit mean?)
   • spatter (what does spatter mean?)
   • patter (what does patter mean?)
   • pitter-patter (what does pitter-patter mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • spit (what does spit mean?)
   • spatter (what does spatter mean?)
   • patter (what does patter mean?)
   • pitter-patter (what does pitter-patter mean?)
4. Meaning
   • a small number dispersed haphazardly
   Synonym(s)
   • scattering (what does scattering mean?)
   Usage Example(s)
   • the first scatterings of green
   Hypernyms(s) sprinkling is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • small indefinite quantity (what does small indefinite quantity mean?)
   • small indefinite amount (what does small indefinite amount mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • scatter (what does scatter mean?)
   • sprinkle (what does sprinkle mean?)
   • dot (what does dot mean?)
   • dust (what does dust mean?)
   • disperse (what does disperse mean?)