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sprinkling

noun

The act of sprinkling or splashing water

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Word length
10
Starts with
S
Ends with
G
Contains
PR
Scrabble score
17

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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”

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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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