spreader

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spreader
n. small knife for spreading; implement for spreading material; person or thing that spreads

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Spreader
Spreader can refer to:
  • Broadcast spreader, an agricultural machinery or lawn care tool designed to spread seed, fertilizer, lime, sand, ice melt, etc.
  • Spreader (railroad), a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles.
  • Hydraulic spreader, a tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication.
  • Spreader (sailboat), a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast.
  • Spreader bar, a BDSM bondage device.
  • Spreader (lifting), a lifting device used to distribute forces appropriately for structural or interference reasons.
  • Manure spreader, an agricultural machinery designed to spread manure.
  • Spreader (container), often "spreader bar", device to attach transport containers to cranes
  • Spreader (mining), a heavy equipment used in surface mining and mechanical engineering/civil engineering.

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spreader

Noun
1. a hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as a spreader"
(hypernym) hand tool
(derivation) spread, distribute
2. a mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions
(synonym) broadcaster
(hypernym) mechanical device
(derivation) spread, scatter, spread out


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Spreader
(n.)
One who, or that which, spreads, expands, or propogates.
  
 
(n.)
A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.
  

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spreader
spreader /'spredə/
  • danh từ
    • người trải ra, người căng (vải...)
      • người rải, người truyền bá, người loan truyền (tin đồn...)
        • con dao để phết (bơ...)
          • máy rải, máy rắc (phân...)
            • cái để căng tách ra (không cho hai sợi dây chập vào nhau...)

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