: 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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If that trait is a problem, The ‘Manners’ series such as the white ‘Miss Manners’ obedient plants are not spreaders.—Pamm Cooper, Hartford Courant, 26 July 2025 For even coverage, apply half the seed making passes with the spreader in one direction, then apply the second half of the seed in the opposite direction.—Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 June 2025 Mint has earned its reputation as a spreader, but that doesn’t have to be bad.—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 18 Mar. 2025 This feat is achieved via a combination of internal spreader bars and structural arcs.—New Atlas, 11 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spreader
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