—sprinkle /ˈsprɪŋ.kl̩/
noun [C usually singular] (US ALSO sprinkling)
► F0 a very light fall of rain or snow which lasts only a short timeThesaurus+: ↑RainThesaurus+: ↑Snow and ice , ↑Coldverb [T] ↑Verb Endings for sprinkle
► C2 to drop a few pieces or drops of something over a surface: » Sprinkle a few herbs on the pizza./Sprinkle the pizza with a few herbs.» FIGURATIVE The speech was liberally sprinkled with (= contained many) jokes about the incident.Thesaurus+: ↑Spreading and scattering• • •
Extra Examples:» I sprinkled some sugar on top of the cake.» She'd sprinkled coloured sugar strands all over the cakes.» I like to sprinkle a little cheese over my pasta.» Sprinkle the dish with chopped herbs.» Corn tortillas can be cut into strips, fried until golden, and sprinkled with salt - voila! tortilla chips.- ↑Flags
- ↑Flavours and tastes
- ↑Flexible, loose and yielding
- ↑Floods, tides and currents
- ↑Floors and parts of floors
- blood transfusion
- blood type
- blood vessel
- bloody
- bloody hell
- Bloody Mary
- bloody-minded
- bloody-mindedness
- bloom
- bloomer
- bloomers
- blooming
- blooper
- blossom
- blot
- blotch
- blotchy
- blot sth out
- blotter
- blotting paper