sprinkler
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sprin·kler
(sprĭng′klər)n.
1. One that sprinkles, especially:
a. An outlet on a sprinkler system.
b. A device with perforations through which water issues from a hose to sprinkle a lawn.
2. A sprinkler system.
tr.v. sprin·klered, sprin·kler·ing, sprin·klers
To equip with a sprinkler system.
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
sprinkler
(ˈsprɪŋklə)n
1. (Botany) a device perforated with small holes that is attached to a garden hose or watering can and used to spray plants, lawns, etc, with water
2. a person or thing that sprinkles
3. (Mechanical Engineering) See sprinkler system
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| Noun | 1. |  sprinkler - mechanical device that attaches to a garden hose for watering lawn or gardenmechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
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Translations
مَرَشَّةمِرَشَّه، مِضَخَّه
postřikovačzavlažovač
spredersprinkler
kastelulaitesadettajaspinkleri
arroseuraspergeurasperseurgicleur d'incendiesaupoudreur
prskalica za vodu
locsoló
úîari
スプリンクラー
살수기
kropáčpostrekovač
škropilnik
vattenspridare
หัวฉีดน้ำ
fıskiyepüskürtücüyağmurlama cihazı
bình phun
sprinkler
[ˈsprɪŋkləʳ]A. N
1. (for lawn) → aspersor m (Agr) → rociadera f, aparato m de lluvia artificial; [of watering can etc] → regadera f
2. (for sugar) → espolvoreador m de azúcar
3. (= fire safety device) → aparato m de rociadura automática
B. CPD sprinkler system N (Agr) → sistema m de regadío por aspersión
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
sprinkler
[ˈsprɪŋklər] n (for lawn) → arroseur m
(to put out fire) → diffuseur m d'extincteur automatique d'incendiesprinkler system n
(for lawn) → combiné m d'arrosage
(for fire-fighting) → installation f d'extinction automatique d'incendie
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
sprinkler
n
(Hort, Agr) → Berieselungsapparat m, → Sprinkler m; (in garden also) → (Rasen)sprenger m; (for firefighting) → Sprinkler m; (on watering can etc) → Sprenger m, → Gießkannenkopf m; (on shower) → Brause f; (= sugar sprinkler) → Streudose f, → Streuer m
(Eccl) → Weihwasserwedel m
sprinkler
:sprinkler head
sprinkler system
n → Berieselungsanlage f; (for firefighting also) → Sprinkleranlage f
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
sprinkle
(ˈspriŋkl) verb to scatter something over something else in small drops or bits. He sprinkled salt over his food; He sprinkled the roses with water.
ˈsprinkler noun an apparatus for sprinkling eg water over a lawn.
ˈsprinkling noun a small amount or a few. There were mostly women at the meeting but there was a sprinkling of men.
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sprinkler
→ مَرَشَّة postřikovač sprinkler Sprinkler ψεκαστήρας aspersor kastelulaite arroseur prskalica za vodu irrigatore スプリンクラー 살수기 tuinsproeier spreder spryskiwacz aspersor de rega, regador automático пульверизатор vattenspridare หัวฉีดน้ำ yağmurlama cihazı bình phun 洒水车Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009