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| spreader | |
| 1. subst. An object or person who spreads. |  |
| 2. subst. A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart. | |
| 3. subst. A device used to spread bulk material. | |
| James put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader. | |
| 4. subst. A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly. | |
| Ellen used a spreader to butter her bagel. | |
| 5. subst. (nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast. | |
| 6. subst. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning. | |
| 7. subst. The moving platform of a container crane. | |
| 8. subst. (computing, slang) A member of a cracking group who distributes warez. | |
