spreader

[ spred-er ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person or thing that spreads.
a small, dull knife or spatula used for spreading butter, jelly, etc., on bread.
a machine for dispersing bulk material:
manure spreader.
a device for spacing or keeping apart two objects, as electric wires.
Nautical. a strut for spreading shrouds on a mast.

ˈspreader

/ ˈsprɛdə /

a machine or device used for scattering bulk materials, esp manure or fertilizer, over a relatively wide area
a device for keeping apart or spacing parallel objects, such as electric wires

First recorded in 1475–85; spread + -er ¹

The event was a devastating one for Sierra Leone, deemed a “super-spreader” by The New York Times.

Thou wast a Valacrone in Varinsey, cunning as a fox, a spreader of lies.

The spreader is usually stationed in the nearest side track to the unloading place.

The other method, called the spreader method, was more intricate.

Then you will be talked of by all the town as a spreader of false reports,—in short, Ferdinand loves another.

He knew that it meant figuratively a light-spreader: one who marches ahead of his comrades to enlighten the others.

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