sprinkler
US/ˈspɹiŋklɚ/
sprinkler noun: anything that sprinkles.
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
- 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.
Verb
sprinkler (third-person singular simple present sprinklers, present participle sprinklering, simple past and past participle sprinklered)
- To fit with automatic sprinklers for fire prevention.
sprinkler meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Bengali and Malayalam
sprinkler in Hindi
- sprinkler
- फ़व्वारा favvārā
sprinkler in Tamil
- நீர்த்தூவி, தூவல்
sprinkler in Bengali
- জল ছিটানোর যন্ত্র
sprinkler in Malayalam
- sprinkler
- സ്പ്രിംഗളർ spriṅgaḷaṟ
Examples of sprinkler in a sentence
- A dry sprinkler may be used where there is a risk of water freezing solid within the pipes.
- A second system of conventional dry sprinkler heads is interspersed with the drencher heads.
- Just so, light beaded on tin lanterns, drops fanfared from sprinklers, minnows fluted in pools.
Synonyms of sprinkler
Forms of sprinkler
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | sprinklers |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | sprinklers |
| present participle | sprinklering |
| past participle | sprinklered |
| past | sprinklered |
Origin of sprinkler
From sprinkle + -er.
Words formed from sprinkler
Phrases with sprinkler
Questions about sprinkler
- What does sprinkler mean?
- Sprinkler means anything that sprinkles.
- What is sprinkler in Hindi?
- Sprinkler in Hindi is फ़व्वारा (favvārā). See Sprinkler meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is sprinkler?
- Sprinkler can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce sprinkler?
- Sprinkler is pronounced /ˈspɹiŋklɚ/ (US).
- What is the plural of sprinkler?
- The plural of sprinkler is sprinklers.
Words near sprinkler in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sprinkler (page history and authors); फ़व्वारा (Hindi) (page history and authors); sprinkler (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sprinkler (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); സ്പ്രിംഗളർ (Malayalam) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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