spreader

[spred-er]

spread·er

[spred-er]
noun
1.
a person or thing that spreads.
2.
a small, dull knife or spatula used for spreading butter, jelly, etc., on bread.
3.
a machine for dispersing bulk material: manure spreader.
4.
a device for spacing or keeping apart two objects, as electric wires.
5.
Nautical. a strut for spreading shrouds on a mast.

Origin:
1475–85; spread + -er1

an·ti·spread·er, noun
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Spreader is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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spreader (ˈsprɛdə)
 
n
1.  a machine or device used for scattering bulk materials, esp manure or fertilizer, over a relatively wide area
2.  a device for keeping apart or spacing parallel objects, such as electric wires

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