sprinkling

sprinkling is a 10-letter English word with 8 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Sprinkle. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 22 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

10 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 22 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Sprinkle
2. noun. The act of one who, or that which, sprinkles.
3. noun. A small quantity falling in distinct drops or particles; as, a sprinkling of rain or snow.
4. noun. Hence, a moderate number or quantity distributed like drops.
5. noun. the act of sprinkling or splashing water

   "baptized with a sprinkling of holy water"

   "a sparge of warm water over the malt"

   Synonyms: sparge, sprinkle

6. noun. the act of sprinkling water in baptism (rare)

   Synonyms: aspersion

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

   Synonyms: scattering, sprinkle

8. noun. a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly

   "the first scatterings of green"

   "a sprinkling of grey at his temples"

   Synonyms: scattering

Synonyms

sparge, sprinkle, aspersion, scattering

Common word forms

sprinkle, sprinklings, sprinklingly

Words from these letters

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