smattering
Meaning of smattering
noun
- A superficial or shallow knowledge of a subject.
She knows a smattering of Greek, but not enough to carry on a conversation.
- A small number or amount of something.
There’s only a smattering of people who oppose the first amendment.
- To talk superficially; to babble, chatter.
- To speak (a language) with spotty or superficial knowledge.
- To study or approach superficially; to dabble in.
- To have a slight taste, or a slight, superficial knowledge, of anything; to smack.
Information about smattering
- The plural form of smattering is: smatterings.
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Hyphenation of smattering
smat-ter-ing
- It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
- smattering is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
smattering synonyms
Meaning handful:
Translation of smattering
- Spanish: rudimento, chapurreo, nociones
- Portuguese: laivos
- French: rudiment
- Italian: infarinatura, goccia, briciola, pizzico
Words that rhyme with smattering
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