spreader

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

An object or person who spreads.
A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
A device used to spread bulk material.
A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
The moving platform of a container crane.
A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.

/ˈspɹɛdɚ/ En-au-spreader.ogg

spreader spreaders

From spread + -er.

antispreader heat spreader manure spreader microspreader muck spreader spreader bar spreader diaper spreader pants super-spreader superspreader

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