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spreader definition

spreader (-ər)

noun

a person or thing that spreads; specif.,
  1. a small, dull knife for spreading butter, etc.
  2. a contrivance for scattering something a fertilizer spreader
  3. a device, as a bar, for keeping apart wires, stays, etc.

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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