Open English Wordnet
Nouns
(n)scattering, sprinklinga small number (of something) dispersed haphazardly“the first scatterings of green”, “a sprinkling of grey at his temples”
(n)scattering, sprinkle, sprinklinga light shower that falls in some locations and not others nearby
(n)sprinkle, sprinkling, spargethe act of sprinkling or splashing water“baptized with a sprinkling of holy water”, “a sparge of warm water over the malt”