sprinkler system


noun

apparatus for automatically extinguishing fires in a building, consisting of a system of water pipes in or below the ceilings, with valves or sprinklers usually made to open automatically at a certain temperature.

Origin of sprinkler system

First recorded in 1880–85

Words nearby sprinkler system

British Dictionary definitions for sprinkler system

sprinkler system

noun

a fire-extinguishing system that releases water from overhead pipes through nozzles (sprinklers) opened automatically by a rise in temperature