scattering
/ˈskætəɹɪŋ/noun3 syllables
Scattering means: a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby.
Synonyms for scattering5
What does scattering mean?5
noun
1
a light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
2
the act of scattering
3
a small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly“the first scatterings of green”
4
spreading widely or driving off
5
the physical process in which particles are deflected haphazardly as a result of collisions
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with scattering?2
three syllables
flatteringshattering
Show 21 near rhymes
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Scattering in a sentence
- He unmade the bed, scattering the pillows and sheets.Amastan
- As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.unknown
- The farmer is scattering seeds over the field.unknown
- The farmers were scattering seed on the fields.unknown
- The sky is blue because of the scattering of sunlight in the atmosphere.shekitten
- Yuri was scattering chip crumbs on the bed.Amastan
- In her panic, Anna knocked over a stack of papers on her desk, scattering them across the floor.Amastan
- Mary asked Tom why the sky is blue, and he told her about Rayleigh scattering of sunlight.AlanF_US
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Forms of scattering
as a noun
- plural
- scatterings