sprinkling

[ spring-kling ]
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noun
  1. a small quantity or number scattered here and there.

  2. a small quantity sprinkled or to be sprinkled.

Origin of sprinkling

1
First recorded in 1400–50, sprinkling is from the late Middle English word sprenclyng.See sprinkle, -ing1

Other words for sprinkling

Other words from sprinkling

  • sprin·kling·ly, adverb

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British Dictionary definitions for sprinkling

sprinkling

/ (ˈsprɪŋklɪŋ) /


noun
  1. a small quantity or amount: a sprinkling of commonsense

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