Synonyms for scattering
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Noun
1. Sprinkling
Definitions
- n. 1
A small quantity of something being dispersed (at random points).
There will be a scattering of showers, with heavy rain in places.
Related words
- Phrases
- deep scattering layer
Forms
- Plural
- scatterings → sprinklings, sprinkles, dispersions, dissipations…
Example sentences
- sprinkle Can you sprinkle crushed nuts on top of the cake?
- sprinkling Sprinkling salt on your food is an unhealthy habit.
- dispersion I need one more bucket of white dispersion paint.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| scattering | falling | |
| sprinkle | rising | |
| sprinkling | steady | |
| dispersion | falling | |
| dissipation | steady | |
| strewing | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- sprinkle2, strewing
- 10 letters
- dispersion3, sprinkling2
- 11 letters
- dissipation4
- 13 letters
- dissemination5, nonassemblage
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (sprinkle2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- éparpillement