sprays

Noun

spray (countable and uncountable, plural sprays)

1. A fine, gentle, dispersed mist of liquid.
   • The sailor could feel the spray from the waves.
2. (figuratively) Something resembling a spray of liquid.
   • Nurse Cramer had a cute nose and a radiant, blooming complexion dotted with fetching sprays of adorable freckles that Yossarian detested.1961 November 10, Joseph Heller, “The Soldier in White”, in Catch-22 […], New York, N.Y.: Simon and Schuster, →OCLC, page 171
3. (countable) A pressurized container; an atomizer.

   Synonyms:

   spray can

4. (countable) Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

   Synonyms:

   spray can

5. (countable) A jet of fine medicated vapour, used either as an application to a diseased part or to charge the air of a room with a disinfectant or a deodorizer.
6. (countable) A side channel or branch of the runner of a flask, made to distribute the metal to all parts of the mold.

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