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.
• (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.