: 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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Special items — serving utensils, such as, spreaders and cheese knives, spoons and forks of various sizes, and tongs.—Catharine Kaufman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Oct. 2025 Using a broadcast spreader, set the dial to the manufacturer’s recommendation and fill the compartment with fertilizer.—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 Oct. 2025 Use a spreader to apply fall fertilizer when soil is moist after rain.—Charlotte Germane, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Sep. 2025 Advertisement Rupert Murdoch founded NewsCorp, which today includes Fox News and the Wall Street Journal, two of the most notorious spreaders of both COVID-19 and climate disinformation.—Michael E. Mann, Time, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spreader
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