spreader
nounUS /ˈspɹɛdɚ/
Etymology From spread + -er.
8 senses
- 1An object or person who spreads.
- 2A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
- 3A device used to spread bulk material.
- 4A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such…
- 5A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a…
- 6A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to…
- 7The moving platform of a container crane.
- 8A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
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.
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, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Slang A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.
- Spreaders uploaded the games to an online BBS to distribute the games as quickly as possible to as many people as possible.2017, Oliver Markus Malloy, Bad Choices Make Good Stories: Going to New York:
- Derived terms
- antispreader, heat spreader, manure spreader, microspreader, muck spreader, spreader bar, spreader diaper, spreader pants, super-spreader, superspreader