sprinkle

IPA: sprˈɪŋkʌɫ

noun

  • A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
  • A light rain shower.
  • An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
  • A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.
  • A surname.

verb

  • (transitive) To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
  • (transitive) To cover (an object) by sprinkling a substance on to it.
  • (intransitive) To drip in fine drops, sometimes sporadically.
  • (intransitive) To rain very lightly outside.
  • (transitive) To baptize by the application of a few drops, or a small quantity, of water; hence, to cleanse; to purify.
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Examples of "sprinkle" in Sentences

  • Salt was sprinkled in the soup.
  • Then sprinkle with the cheese and eat.
  • He sprinkled water all over his garden.
  • Geminid meteor shower sprinkles night sky.
  • The fried onions is sprinkled on top to garnish.
  • It's cheap and you sprinkle it around the baseboards.
  • After removing the pie from the oven, sprinkle with the cheese.
  • The image was sprinkled with the water of the Ganges, and thrown into the pit.
  • As the icebergs drift northwards, they sprinkle the minerals through the ocean.

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