noun A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.
noun A device used to spread bulk material.
Ellen put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.
noun A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.
James used a spreader to butter her bagel.
noun A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.
noun A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
noun The moving platform of a container crane.
noun A horizontal bar or frame attached to two or more points on a load, enabling the load to be lifted, especially by crane, with greater stability and more even spread of forces.