sprinkling
pronunciation
How to pronounce sprinkling in British English:
UK [ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ]
How to pronounce sprinkling in American English:
US [ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ]
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- Noun:
- a small number dispersed haphazardly
- a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
- the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)
- the act of sprinkling or splashing water
Word Origin
- sprinkling (n.)
- mid-15c., "act of sprinkling," verbal noun from sprinkle (v.). Meaning "small amount" is from 1590s.
Example
- 1. South county food management sprinkling rain phi wu grain point .
- 2. Using technical specification for roll wheel line move sprinkling irrigation machine .
- 3. Sprinkling a teaspoon of cinnamon on your cereal , oatmeal or fruit will provide 5 % of your daily fiber needs .
- 4. So far it has attracted just a sprinkling of bank branches and private equity firms .
- 5. Much modern manufacturing takes place on spotless shop floors with only the lightest sprinkling of staff to monitor the purring machinery .