Weather / B2

DRIZL/ˈdrɪzl/

Drizzle is very light rain; as a verb, to rain that way, or to pour a thin stream of liquid over food: light drizzle; drizzle oil. Rain is broader (already related); shower is heavier and shorter; mist is suspended droplets. Drizzle featured in the weather log. Mix-up: drizzle vs dribble; puzzle; do not write drizzle for a salad advert unless the source is food tech.

Meaning

Very light rain; as a verb, to rain that way, or to pour a thin stream of liquid over food.

Examples

• “Drizzle featured in the weather log, not a salad advert unless the source is food tech.”
• “Drizzle the oil in the food-tech method, which is the thin-stream sense — still name the millilitres.”

Good to know

light / fine drizzle; drizzle oil over. Close: rain / shower / mist. Trap: dribble. Geography and food tech. Light rain, or a thin stream of liquid — quote the log or the millilitres.

Near in meaning

rain, spit, spray

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