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spreader en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈspɹɛdɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From spread + -er.

Meanings

1. An object or person who spreads.
2. A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
3. A device used to spread bulk material.
   • Ellen put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
4. A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
   • James used a spreader to butter her bagel.
5. A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
6. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
7. The moving platform of a container crane.
8. A horizontal bar or frame attached to two or more points on a load, enabling the load to be lifted, especially by crane, with greater stability and more even spread of forces.
9. (slang) A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
   • Spreaders uploaded the games to an online BBS to distribute the games as quickly as possible to as many people as possible. 2017, Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Going to New York:

Forms

Deriveds

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

Translations (29)

fi vantinlevittäjä (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · fr séparateur (spacer) · fi levitin (spacer) · izh humuri (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · no salingshorn (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · ru распространи́тель (object or person who spreads) · fi levitin (device used to spread bulk material) · cs šiřitelka (object or person who spreads) · bg разделител (spacer) · fi levitin (knife or spatula used to distribute a substance) · mi kihau (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · fi saalinki (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · bg разпънка (spacer) · nl ra (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · fr épandeur (device used to spread bulk material) · fi spriidari (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · ru ре́я (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · pl reja (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · bg разпръсквачка (device used to spread bulk material) · mi tītoko (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · da salingshorn (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds) · fi levittäjä (spacer) · bg разпространител (object or person who spreads) · fi levittäjä (object or person who spreads) · ru распо́рка (spacer) · cs šiřitel (object or person who spreads) · fr épandeur (object or person who spreads) · ru распо́рка (device used to spread bulk material) · ru рей (horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds)