spreader

Meaning

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.
• 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.
• A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.

Origin

• spread + -er