SPRINKLER SYSTEM

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A system for extinguishing fires; water from a network of overhead pipes is released through nozzles that open automatically with the rise in temperature

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("sprinkler system" is a kind of...):

system (instrumentality that combines interrelated interacting artifacts designed to work as a coherent entity)

Meronyms (parts of "sprinkler system"):

nose; nozzle (a projecting spout from which a fluid is discharged)

siamese; siamese connection (an inlet with two or more couplings to which a hose can be attached so that fire engines can pump water into the sprinkler system of a building)

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