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sprin·kling
(sprĭng′klĭng)n.
1. A small amount or quantity; a modicum.
2. A small quantity scattered or sparsely distributed.
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sprinkling
(ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ)n
a small quantity or amount: a sprinkling of common sense.
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sprin•kling
(ˈsprɪŋ klɪŋ)n.
1. a small quantity scattered here and there.
2. a small quantity sprinkled or to be sprinkled.
[1400–50]
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Sprinkling
a small amount falling in drops; a small number scattered here and there.Examples: sprinkling of blood, 1835; of dung, 1760; of our gentry, 1621; of grey hairs, 1706; of mud, 1760; of people; of pepper; of rain, 1700; of salt, 1842; of foreign words, 1876.
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Noun | 1. | sprinkling - a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly; "the first scatterings of green"; "a sprinkling of grey at his temples" small indefinite amount, small indefinite quantity - an indefinite quantity that is below average size or magnitude |
2. | sprinkling - a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby rain shower, shower - a brief period of precipitation; "the game was interrupted by a brief shower" | |
3. | sprinkling - the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare) baptism - a Christian sacrament signifying spiritual cleansing and rebirth; "most churches baptize infants but some insist on adult baptism" | |
4. | sprinkling - the act of sprinkling or splashing water; "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"; "a sparge of warm water over the malt" watering - wetting with water; "the lawn needs a great deal of watering" |
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sprinkling
noun scattering, dusting, scatter, few, dash, handful, sprinkle, smattering, admixture a light sprinkling of snow
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Translations
قَليلٌ من، رَشَّةٌ مِن
pártrocha
kevéske
reytingur
sprinkling
[ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ] N2. (= small quantity) there was a sprinkling of young people → había unos cuantos jóvenes
a sprinkling of knowledge → unos pocos conocimientos
a sprinkling of knowledge → unos pocos conocimientos
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sprinkling
[ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ] n (= small quantity or amount) [water] → quelques gouttes fpl; [salt] → pincée f; [sugar] → légère couche f; [snow] → fine couche f
(= small number)
a sprinkling of grey hairs → quelques (rares) cheveux blancs
a sprinkling of women ministers → quelques (rares) femmes ministres
a sprinkling of grey hairs → quelques (rares) cheveux blancs
a sprinkling of women ministers → quelques (rares) femmes ministres
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sprinkling
n (of rain, dew etc) → ein paar Tropfen; (of sugar etc) → Prise f; (fig, of humour, comedy etc) → Anflug m; (of common sense) → Spur f; there was a sprinkling of grey in his hair → ein paar graue Fäden durchzogen sein Haar; there was a sprinkling of young people → es waren ein paar vereinzelte junge Leute da; a sprinkling of freckles → ein paar Sommersprossen; to give something a sprinkling (with water) → etw besprengen or besprenkeln
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
sprinkling
[ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ] n (of water, snow) → spruzzatina; (of salt, sugar) → pizzicothere was a sprinkling of young people → c'era qualche giovane
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sprinkle
(ˈspriŋkl) verb to scatter something over something else in small drops or bits. He sprinkled salt over his food; He sprinkled the roses with water.
ˈsprinkler noun an apparatus for sprinkling eg water over a lawn.
ˈsprinkling noun a small amount or a few. There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.
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