sprinkleverb [ T ]
uk/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/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.
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- 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.
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Spreading and scattering
- all over the place idiom
- bedaub
- bestrew
- billow
- circulate
- fan out
- go round (somewhere)
- go/do the rounds idiom
- percolate
- radial
- radiate
- slap
- sprawl
- spread
- spread out
- sprinkling
- straggle
- stretch
- strew
- sweep
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sprinklenoun
uk/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/us/ˈsprɪŋ.kəl/US also sprinklingsprinkle noun (LIGHT FALL)
[ C usually singular ] a very light fall of rain or snow that lasts only a short time
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Precipitation: rain
- acid rain
- bucket
- bucket down
- cloudburst
- drizzle
- heaven
- it's raining cats and dogs! idiom
- puddle
- rain gauge
- raindrop
- rainfall
- rainstorm
- rainwater
- Scotch mist
- sheet
- shower
- teem
- wash
- washout
- wet
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Precipitation: snow & ice
sprinkle noun (DECORATION)
sprinkles
very small pieces of coloured sugar or chocolate used as a decoration on the top of cakes, etc.:
Scatter sprinkles over the top of the cake and press on them gently so that they stick to the chocolate.
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Cakes
- angel food cake
- angelica
- bake sale
- baked goods
- Bakewell tart
- devil's food cake
- donut
- doughnut
- dumpling
- fairy cake
- Madeira cake
- marzipan
- meringue
- monkey bread
- muffin
- stollen
- streusel
- Swiss roll
- teacake
- topping
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