: a small knife used especially for spreading butter
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: a device (such as a bar) holding two linear elements (such as lines, guys, rails) apart and usually taut
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Mosquito are spreaders of disease.
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Deer mice are also the most common spreader of hantavirus.1
Why Are Mice Bad Inside Your Home?—Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 19 June 2025 The model is also known to accurately reflect that Musk is a major spreader of misinformation and debunk the misleading talking points that circulate Trumpworld.—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 18 June 2025 Among them were some noted spreaders of COVID-19 misinformation.—Joseph Choi, The Hill, 16 June 2025 An integrated piece of metal called a heat spreader is key to that, but making one big enough for these large packages is difficult.—IEEE Spectrum, 8 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for spreader
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