Associations to the word «Spreader»

SPREADER, noun. An object or person who spreads.

SPREADER, noun. A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.

SPREADER, noun. A device used to spread bulk material.

SPREADER, noun. A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.

SPREADER, noun. (nautical) A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.

SPREADER, noun. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

SPREADER, noun. The moving platform of a container crane.

SPREADER, noun. A hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as a spreader".

SPREADER, noun. A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions.