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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. a small number or amount;
- Example: "only a handful of responses were received"
[syn: handful, smattering]

2. a slight or superficial understanding of a subject; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Smattering \Smat"ter*ing\, n.
   A slight, superficial knowledge of something; sciolism.
   [1913 Webster]

         I had a great desire, not able to attain to a
         superficial skill in any, to have some smattering in
         all.                                     --Burton.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

smattering
    n 1: a small number or amount; "only a handful of responses were
         received" [syn: handful, smattering]
    2: a slight or superficial understanding of a subject