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sprinkles

/ˈspɹɪŋkl̩z/

sprinkles is the plural of sprinkle.

sprinkles is the third-person singular simple present indicative of sprinkle.

Meaning of sprinkle

Noun

sprinkle (plural sprinkles)

  1. A light covering with a sprinkled substance.
    • He decorated the Christmas card with a sprinkle of glitter.
    Synonyms:
    sprinkling
  2. A light rain shower.
  3. An aspersorium or utensil for sprinkling.
  4. A small hard piece of sugar and starch, or chocolate, used to decorate cakes etc.
    Synonyms:
    jimmy

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Noun

sprinkles pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.
    • He had a double ice cream cone, with sprinkles.

Proper noun capitalized: Sprinkles

Sprinkles

  1. (plural) plural of Sprinkle

Synonyms of sprinkles

Phrases with sprinkles

Questions about sprinkles

What does sprinkles mean?
Sprinkles means small candy or sugar pieces that are sprinkled over other confections.
What is sprinkles the plural of?
Sprinkles is the plural of sprinkle.
What part of speech is sprinkles?
Sprinkles can be a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce sprinkles?
Sprinkles is pronounced /ˈspɹɪŋkl̩z/.

Words near sprinkles in the dictionary

  1. sprinkler system
  2. sprinkler timer
  3. sprinklered
  4. sprinklering
  5. sprinklers
  6. sprinkles
  7. sprinklest
  8. sprinkleth
  9. sprinkling
  10. sprinkling can
  11. sprinkling cans

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