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# sprinkler

noun (a sprinkler, sprinklers)

«sprinkler» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A device that sprays water over grass or plants. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#m1)
2. A device on a ceiling that sprays water automatically when there is a fire. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#m2)

### In the lessons

In everyday summer life, children run through the garden sprinkler. In safety, fire sprinklers in schools and shops stop fires. In maths, a rotating sprinkler sprays a circle. Phrases: garden sprinkler, sprinkler system.

### Examples

- We ran through the sprinkler on a hot day. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x1)
- The sprinkler watered the lawn. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x2)
- The fire sprinklers turned on when there was smoke. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x3)
- Don't hang anything on the sprinkler on the ceiling. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x4)
- The sprinkler sprays water in a circle 6 m wide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x5)
- Water bans meant no sprinklers. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/#x6)

### Note

Countable. Verb: sprinkle (to scatter small drops or bits). Maths: a sprinkler spraying 3 m in all directions waters a circle with radius 3 m.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «sprinkler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/sprinkler/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«sprinkler» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/sprinkler.html) on Mova free.