Sprayer

spray ¹  (spr)

n.

1. Water or other liquid moving in a mass of dispersed droplets, as from a wave.

2.

a. A fine jet of liquid discharged from a pressurized container.

b. A pressurized container; an atomizer.

c. Any of numerous commercial products, including paints, cosmetics, and insecticides, that are dispensed from containers in this manner.

v. sprayed, spray·ing, sprays

v.tr.

1. To disperse (a liquid) in a mass or jet of droplets.

2. To apply a spray to (a surface).

v.intr.

1. To discharge sprays of liquid.

2. To move in the form of a spray.

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[From obsolete spray, to sprinkle, from Middle Dutch sprayen.]

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sprayer n.

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spray ²  (spr)

n.

1. A small branch bearing buds, flowers, or berries.

2. Something, such as a decorative motif, that resembles such a branch.

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[Middle English, from Old English *spræg.]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	sprayer - a worker who applies spray to a surface laborer, labourer, manual laborer, jack - someone who works with their hands; someone engaged in manual labor
	2.	sprayer - a dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine mist atomiser, atomizer, nebuliser, nebulizer, spray airbrush - an atomizer to spray paint by means of compressed air dispenser - a container so designed that the contents can be used in prescribed amounts