Dictionary Definition
sprinkler n : mechanical device that attaches to
a garden hose for watering lawn or garden
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- Anything that sprinkles.
- An irrigation device that sprays water into the air whilst moving back and forth.
- A fire sprinkler; a heat actived fire extinguisher.
Extensive Definition
Sprinkler may refer to:
- Irrigation sprinklers, a device for irrigation of lawns or crops
- Fire sprinkler system, the entire system of pipes and sprinklers intended for fire suppression within buildings
- Fire sprinkler, a device for fire suppression within buildings
- Sprinkler (band), a rock band
sprinkler in German: Sprinkler
sprinkler in Swedish: Sprinkler
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
Agnus Dei, Foamite, Holy Grail, Host, Pieta, Sanctus bell, Sangraal, acid, aerosol, ark, asperger, asperges, aspergil, aspergillum, atomizer, automatic sprinkler,
bambino, beadroll, beads, candle, carbon tet, carbon
tetrachloride, carbon-dioxide foam, censer, chaplet, ciborium, clyster, concentrate sprayer,
cross, crucifix, cruet, deck gun, deluge set,
douche, enema, eucharistial, extinguisher, fire
apparatus, fire engine, fire hose, fire hydrant, fireplug, foam, foam extinguisher, fountain
syringe, holy cross, holy water, holy-water sprinkler,
hook-and-ladder, icon,
incensory, ladder
pipe, matzo, menorah, mezuzah, mikvah, mist concentrate sprayer,
monstrance, needle
bath, nozzle, osculatory, ostensorium, paschal candle,
pax, phylacteries, prayer shawl,
prayer wheel, pumper,
pyx, relics, rood, rosary, sacramental, sacred relics,
sacring bell, shofar,
shower, shower bath,
shower head, snorkel,
soda, sparge, sparger, spray, spray can, sprayer, sprinkler head,
sprinkler system, sprinkling system, sukkah, super-pumper, syringe, tabernacle, tallith, thurible, urceole, veronica, vigil light, votive
candle, water, water
cannon, watercart,
watering can, watering pot, wet blanket