There was a sprinkling of foreigners among the visitors in the museum.
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Sprinkling
Synonyms for "sprinkling" (143 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Noun(3 words)
a fewaffusionaspergationaspersionattenuationbaptismbaptismal gownbaptismal regenerationbaptisterybaptizementbathbathingbedewingbroadcastbroadcastingcastchrismalchristeningcircumfusiondampening
Strong matches (43)
dilutiondispensationdispersaldispersiondisseminationdissipationdistributiondivergencedrowningdustevaporationexpansionfewfloodingfontfragmentationgleamhandfulhinthosing
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hosing downhumidificationideaimmersioninfusioninklingintimationinundationirrigationlavinglicklimited numberlookmoisteningonly a few
Related words (71)
pepperingpiddling fewpiddling numberpowderingpropagationpublicationradiationrinsingsaucescatteringscattermentscintillaseasoningshadeshadowshotgun patternshowersipsmacksmall number
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smattersmatteringsmellsoupconsowingspargingsparkspatterspatteringspicesplashingsplatteringsplaysprayingspreadspreadingstrainstreakstrewingsubmersionsuggestionsupsuspicionswashingtainttastetemperingthoughttincttincturetingetinttoo fewtotal immersiontouchtracetricklevestigevolatilizationwateringwetting
Adjective(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
15 entriesactionamountbaptismdispersaldistributionprecipitationprocessquantityrain showerseasoning stepshowersmall indefinite amountsmall indefinite quantitywateringweather condition
More specific
14 entriesCollocations
8 entriessprinkling cinnamonsprinkling peppersprinkling powdersprinkling rainsprinkling saltsprinkling sesamesprinkling sugarsprinkling water
Inflections
5 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
5 translations across 2 languages.
German
4 entries- Anstrich noun (a thin distribion of something)
- Einsprengsel noun (a thin distribion of something)
- Prise noun (a thin distribion of something)
- einige Wenige noun (a thin distribion of something)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صاچمه noun (a thin distribion of something)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
It's sprinkling.
Source: tatoeba (8582078)
It's sprinkling outside.
Source: tatoeba (8582079)
Sprinkling salt on your food is an unhealthy habit.
Source: tatoeba (11297017)
Showing 4 of 7 available sentences.