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sprinkling

noun

the act of sprinkling or splashing water

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Word Facts

Word length
10
Starts with
S
Ends with
G
Contains
PRINKLIN
Scrabble score
17
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. the act of sprinkling or splashing water

    “baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”

noun

  1. the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

noun

  1. a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby

noun

  1. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

    “the first scatterings of green”

In context

Example Sentences

baptized with a sprinkling of holy water
a sparge of warm water over the malt
the first scatterings of green
a sprinkling of grey at his temples

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