spreader

IPA: sprˈɛdɝ

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.
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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.

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