Definitions
1.nounAn object or person who spreads.
2.nounA spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
3.nounA device used to spread bulk material."James put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader."
4.nounA knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly."Ellen used a spreader to butter her bagel."
5.nounA horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
6.nounA machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
7.nounThe moving platform of a container crane.
8.nounA member of a cracking group who distributes warez.