sprinkling en · NOUN
Meanings
- The action of the verb to sprinkle.
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A small thinly distributed amount, e.g. of some liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled on to something.
It notes: "The Welsh Government's view is that genuine 'levelling up' cannot simply mean a sprinkling of new, ad hoc rail projects decided in Whitehall, it has to be part of a strategic approach to promoting growth in all parts of the UK."
2020 December 2, Philip Haigh, “When will Wales's wish for rail improvements come true?”, in Rail, page 32:Among the devotees […] were persons who suffered from loathsome skin diseases, such as smallpox, abscesses, and the itch; and among them there was a fair sprinkling of debauchees, who had drunk themselves nearly blind and hoped to recover the use of their precious eyes by parading for a month in this curious mantle.
1911, James George Frazer, The Golden Bough, volume 9, page 299:
- A light shower of rain.
- A scattering.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sprinklings | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
diffusion · skiff · scooch · whit · sprinkle · spot · morsel · semblance · tidbit · shred · tinge · tad · hooter · smattering · skosh · relish · dusting · toddick · dot · glint · scrap · bit · tuppence worth · thought · sprinkle · scantling · smidgen · iota · particle · smidge · sprinkle · dusting · dispersion · mite · dab · glimmer · molecule · whiff · scintilla · bissel · flirt · spark · smidgy · ounce · spatter · soupçon · flip · continental · hoot · atom · speck · hint · smithereen · trifle · vestige · ace · aught · ooch · smitch · grain · inch · drop · spatter · piece · smidget · speckle · fleck · skerrick · flyspeck · mote · morceau · lick · strewing · jot · scent · skoosh · halfpennyworth · pennyworth · dash · touch · glimpse · strain · trace · crumb · modicum · tittle · tidge · sliver · scruple · pinch · sprinkling · spread · damn · diddly · smattering · atomy
Translations (31)
de Einsprengsel (a thin distribion of something) · de Beregnung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Berieseln (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Besprühung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Bestreuen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Streuen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Nieseln (a light shower of rain) · de Beregnen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Zerstreuung (a scattering) · de Prise (a thin distribion of something) · ota صاچمه (a scattering) · de Besprengen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Streuung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Nieselregen (a light shower of rain) · de einige Wenige (a thin distribion of something) · de Ausstreuen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · es aspersión (the action of the verb to sprinkle) · de Ausstreuung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Berieselung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Betropfen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Bestreuung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Besprühen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Einstreuen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · ota صاچمه (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Sprühregen (a light shower of rain) · de Besprengung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · ota صاچمه (a thin distribion of something) · de Anstrich (a thin distribion of something) · de Einstreuung (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Sprengen (a thinly distributed liquid, powder or other fine substance that is sprinkled) · de Streuung (a scattering)