Dictionary Definition
spreader
Noun
1 a hand tool for spreading something; "he used
his knife as a spreader"
2 a mechanical device for scattering something
(seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions [syn: broadcaster]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- An object or person who spreads.
- A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
- A device used to spread bulk material.
- James put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
- A knife or spatula used to distribute a
substance such as butter
or jelly.
- Ellen used a spreader to butter her bagel.
- A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
Translations
object or person who spreads
- Finnish: levittäjä
spacer
device used to spread bulk material
- Finnish: levitin
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
- Finnish: saalinki, vantinlevittäjä, spriidari
Extensive Definition
Spreader can refer to:
- Spreader (railroad), a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles
- Hydraulic spreader, a tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication
- Spreader (sailboat), an attachment to a sailboat's mast that changes the angle of shrouds
- Spreader bar, a BDSM bondage device
- Spar, the particular one on the mast of a sail boat leading a shroud to the mast head and aiding in controlling mast bend
- Spreader (lifting), a lifting device used to distribute forces appropriately for structural or interference reasons, see Versabar for examples