smattering
noun/ˈsmætərɪŋ/
Frequency rank: #18,440 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
a small, superficial amount of knowledge or a sparse number of something.
Example sentence
She had only a slight smattering of French, so she struggled to follow the conversation.
Synonyms & related words
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