spreader

English

Etymology

spread +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɛdɚ/

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Noun

spreader (plural spreaders)

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. (nautical) 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. (computing, slang) A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
   • 2017, Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Going to New York:

     Spreaders uploaded the games to an online BBS to distribute the games as quickly as possible to as many people as possible.

Derived terms

• heat spreader
• manure spreader
• muck spreader
• spreader bar
• superspreader
• super-spreader

 

Translations

object or person who spreads

• Bulgarian: разпространител (bg) m (razprostranitel)
• Czech: šiřitel m, šiřitelka f
• Finnish: levittäjä (fi)
• French: épandeur (fr) m
• Russian: распространи́тель (ru) m (rasprostranítelʹ)

spacer

• Bulgarian: разделител m (razdelitel), разпънка (bg) f (razpǎnka)
• Finnish: levittäjä (fi), levitin (fi)
• French: séparateur (fr) m
• Russian: распо́рка (ru) f (raspórka)

device used to spread bulk material

• Bulgarian: разпръсквачка f (razprǎskvačka)
• Finnish: levitin (fi)
• French: épandeur (fr) m
• Russian: распо́рка (ru) f (raspórka)

knife or spatula used to distribute a substance

• Finnish: levitin (fi)

horizontal spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds

• Danish: salingshorn
• Dutch: ra (nl) m or f
• Finnish: saalinki, vantinlevittäjä, spriidari
• Maori: kihau, tītoko
• Norwegian: salingshorn
• Polish: reja (pl) f
• Russian: ре́я (ru) f (réja), рей (ru) m (rej)

Anagrams

• prereads, re-spread, redrapes, reparsed, respread