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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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