spreader

spreader

English

Etymology

spread +‎ -er

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.

   James 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.

   Ellen 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.

Translations

object or person who spreads

Finnish: levittäjä French: épandeur (fr) m

Russian: распространи́тель (ru) m (rasprostranítelʹ)

spacer

Finnish: levittäjä, levitin French: séparateur (fr) m

Russian: распо́рка (ru) f (raspórka)

device used to spread bulk material

Finnish: levitin French: épandeur (fr) m

Russian: распо́рка (ru) f (raspórka)

knife or spatula used to distribute a substance

Finnish: levitin

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, redrapes, reparsed, respread