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sprinkler
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See also: Sprinkler
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/
Noun
sprinkler (plural sprinklers)
- Anything that sprinkles.
- An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
- A heat-activated device that sprays water in the event of a fire, usually mounted on a ceiling.
- Synonyms: fire sprinkler, sprinkler head
- Coordinate terms: drencher, fire extinguisher
- (preceded by definite article) A dance move in which the dancer places one hand on the head behind the ear, with elbow bent, stretches the other arm forwards and mimics the motions of an irrigation sprinkler with a rotary head.
Derived terms
Translations
anything that sprinkles
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irrigation device
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fire sprinkler
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Verb
sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)
- (transitive) To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.
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Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Noun
sprinkler m (definite singular sprinkleren, indefinite plural sprinklere, definite plural sprinklerne)
- (firefighting) a sprinkler
See also
- sprinklar (Nynorsk)
References
- “sprinkler” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Noun
sprinkler n (plural sprinklere)
Declension
Swedish
Noun
sprinkler c
- a sprinkler (irrigation device)
- Synonym: vattenspridare
- a sprinkler (fire protection device)
Declension
References
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