spreader

IPA: sprˈɛdɝ

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.
(nautical) 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.
(computing, slang) A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.

Examples of "spreader" in Sentences

Manure was loaded into the spreader.
An axe handle was used for the spreader bar.
A spreader for liquid or solid farmyard manure.
This is an encyclopedia not an ignorance spreader.
The spreader mounts on a vehicle or like structure.
Next after the starboard spreader is the port spreader.
A spreader frame straddles the pipeline to be entrenched.
The container is lifted by a spreader attached to cables.
A spreader for feeding and uniformly distributing grain in a bin.
But actually, the knives in the pic are not scrapers, but spreaders.
The call spreader will bank maximum potential profits if such a sale should occur by expiration day next year.
Profits start to accumulate for the call spreader if EDMC's shares surge 23.2% to surpass the effective breakeven price of $11.20 by expiration day.
The call spreader is prepared to make money as long as Weatherford's shares rally 8.9% over the current price of $15.63 to surpass the average breakeven point at