sprinkler system

noun

: a system for protecting a building against fire by means of overhead pipes which convey an extinguishing fluid (such as water) to heat-activated outlets

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The reason why your hotel room has a sprinkler system and plenty of exits has its roots in a fire on Peachtree Street. —

Thomas Wheatley, Axios, 6 Dec. 2024 Meanwhile, efforts to repair 2,000 feet of underground eight-inch pipe feeding the sprinkler system continue to fall flat, with the system repeatedly failing to hold more than half the water pressure required by code. —

Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 3 Mar. 2024 And how did Hayden so accurately replicate those sprinkler systems? —

Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Water from a sprinkler system reacted with the chemicals, McDaniel said, prompting the plume that now looms along the city's horizon. —

Avery Lotz, Axios, 1 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for sprinkler system

Word History

First Known Use

1876, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of sprinkler system was in 1876

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