Meanings
nounwatering can (plural watering cans)
plural watering cans
- A utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.
Synonyms: sprinkling can, watering pot
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA utensil for watering plants, consisting of a container with a handle and long spout, the spout sometimes being fitted with a perforated nozzle.
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nouna container with a handle and a spout with a perforated nozzle; used to sprinkle water over plants
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Translations
Afrikaans gieter
- gieterutensil for watering plants
Arabic مِرَشّ, مِرَشَّة
- مِرَشّ (mirašš)utensil for watering plants
- مِرَشَّة (mirašša)utensil for watering plants
Basque ureztatu ahal
- ureztatu ahalutensil for watering plants
Bengali সেচনী
- সেচনী (śeconi)utensil for watering plants
Bulgarian ле́йка
- ле́йка (léjka)utensil for watering plants
Catalan regadora
- regadorautensil for watering plants
Chinese Mandarin 噴壺 /喷壶, 澆水器 /浇水器
- 噴壺 /喷壶 (pēnhú)utensil for watering plants
- 澆水器 /浇水器utensil for watering plants
- 澆水壺 /浇水壶utensil for watering plants
Czech konev, konev na vodu
- konevutensil for watering plants
- konev na voduutensil for watering plants
- kropáčutensil for watering plants
Danish vandkande
- vandkandeutensil for watering plants
Dutch gieter
- gieterutensil for watering plants
Esperanto akvumilo
- akvumiloutensil for watering plants
Estonian kastekann
- kastekannutensil for watering plants
Finnish kastelukannu
- kastelukannuutensil for watering plants
French arrosoir
- arrosoirutensil for watering plants
German Gießkanne
- Gießkanneutensil for watering plants
Greek ποτιστήρι
- ποτιστήρι (potistíri)utensil for watering plants
Hebrew מַזְלֵף
- מַזְלֵף (mazléf)utensil for watering plants
Hindi हज़ारा, टीन का बरतन
- हज़ारा (hazārā)utensil for watering plants
- टीन का बरतन (ṭīn kā bartan)utensil for watering plants
Hungarian locsolókanna
- locsolókannautensil for watering plants
Indonesian kaleng siram, penyiram
- kaleng siramutensil for watering plants
- penyiramutensil for watering plants
Italian innaffiatoio, annaffiatoio
- innaffiatoioutensil for watering plants
- annaffiatoioutensil for watering plants
Japanese じょうろ
- じょうろ (jōro)utensil for watering plants
Korean 물뿌리개
- 물뿌리개 (mulppurigae)utensil for watering plants
Latin nāsiterna
- nāsiternautensil for watering plants
Latvian lejkanna
- lejkannautensil for watering plants
Lithuanian laistytuvas
- laistytuvasutensil for watering plants
Malay bekas siraman, penyiram
- bekas siramanutensil for watering plants
- penyiramutensil for watering plants
Māori taea e taurite
- taea e tauriteutensil for watering plants
Norwegian Bokmål vannkanne
- vannkanneutensil for watering plants
Polish konewka
- konewkautensil for watering plants
Portuguese regador, aguador
- regadorutensil for watering plants
- aguadorutensil for watering plants
Punjabi ਪਾਣੀ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ
- ਪਾਣੀ ਕਰ ਸਕਦੇ ਹੋ (pāṇī kar sakde ho)utensil for watering plants
Romanian stropitoare
- stropitoareutensil for watering plants
Russian ле́йка
- ле́йка (léjka)utensil for watering plants
Scottish Gaelic feuraich urrainn
- feuraich urrainnutensil for watering plants
Slovak kanva, krhla
- kanvautensil for watering plants
- krhlautensil for watering plants
Spanish regadera, rociadera
- regaderautensil for watering plants
- rociaderautensil for watering plants
Swedish vattenkanna
- vattenkannautensil for watering plants
Tagalog pandilig
- pandiligutensil for watering plants
Tamil நீர்ப்பாசனம் முடியும்
- நீர்ப்பாசனம் முடியும் (nīrppācaṉam muṭiyum)utensil for watering plants
Thai บัวรดน้ำ
- บัวรดน้ำ (buua-rót-náam)utensil for watering plants
Turkish sulama kovası, sulama kabı
- sulama kovasıutensil for watering plants
- sulama kabıutensil for watering plants
Ukrainian полива́льниця, лі́йка
- полива́льниця (polyválʹnycja)utensil for watering plants
- лі́йка (líjka)utensil for watering plants
Urdu پانی کا بَرْتَن
- پانی کا بَرْتَن (pānī kā bartan)utensil for watering plants
Vietnamese thùng tưới, bình tưới
- thùng tướiutensil for watering plants
- bình tướiutensil for watering plants
Welsh can dŵr
- can dŵrutensil for watering plants
Zulu ukuthambisa anga
- ukuthambisa angautensil for watering plants
Cite this entry
APA
watering can. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watering%20can
MLA
“watering can.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watering%20can. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “watering can,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/watering%20can.
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