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Definition: Spreader |
SpreaderNoun1. A hand tool for spreading something; "he used his knife as a spreader". 2. A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "spreader" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1917. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Substance added to a spray to improve its atomizing and spreading properties. Source: European Union. (references) |
| One of the wires or chains connecting net to dan leno or bridle or otter board. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| Dan leno in form of ballasted wood pole with short rigging ropes attached. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Industry | Device used to spread tire beads to examine or obtain access to interior of tire. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. A horizontal timber below the cap of a set, to stiffen the legs and to support the brattice when there are two air courses in the same gangway. b. A piece of timber stretched across a shaft as a temporary support of the walls. c. A tool used in sharpening machine drill bits d. A strut in a tunnel or heading timber sets. (references) |
Occupations | Impregnates fiberglass matting and other fabric materials with resin compounds for use in laminating plastic products: Places cellophane or wax paper on worktable and spreads resin compounds over sheet evenly with hand spreader. Places precut fabric matting on resin and rolls it with wire-mesh-covered roller to saturate matting. May weigh specified quantities of plastics ingredients on scale and dump them into containers for use in molding plastic products. May pour premixed resins into saturating tank and thread fabric through rollers of impregnating machine to prepare material for laminating. May cut specified patterns from impregnated fabric, using template, hand shears, and knife. (references) |
| Stretches fur pelts on frames and hangs pelts in hot room for drying after $T3carroting,$T1 preparatory to removing fur for felt. (references) | |
Shipping | A piece of equipment designed to lift containers by their corner castings. (references) |
Transportation | Adjustable fitting on lifting equipment designed to connect with the upper corner fittings of an ITU. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The horizontal piece of wood in a centre gate, placed lengthwise of the rail car to spread and brace the sections of a space filler. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: SpreaderSynonym: broadcaster (n). (additional references) |
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Books | |
Consumer Goods | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Proper waste management on the farm for environmental protection. Landowner and NRCS staff check manure spreader in northern Louisiana. Credit: Bob Nichols. |  | Manure spreader, Emmet County, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Loading manure into spreader, Emmet County, Iowa. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "Spreader" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Spreader" is used about 28 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 28 | 65,706 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "spreader": load spreader ♦ manure spreader ♦ salt spreader ♦ spreader bar ♦ spreader wheel. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "spreader": two-spreader. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "spreader"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | shpatull (chuck, scapula, shoulder, shoulder blade, spatula, spoonbill), shpërndarës (dispersive, distributive, distributor, Tranter), thikë për gjalpë, makinë shpërndarëse plehu. (various references) | |
Arabic | مفرشة الزفت, مفرشة الأسمدة. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | разстилачка на настилка, разстилачка на мазилка, разширител (reamer), разпространител (propagator), нож за мазане на филия. (various references) | |
Chinese | 分布器. (various references) | |
Danish | stjert (leg, spreading wire, sweep, sweepline), spreder (diffuser, diffusing apparatus, diffusor, divergent, duct, irrigator, light diffuser, rainer, shroud, sprinkler), spredemiddel, spredemaskine (spraying machine), spreader, loefteramme, containeråg, dækspreder, ekspander (automatic volume-expander, expander, fabric expanding device), fordeler (distributor), fordelingsapparat (delivery manifold, distributor), hammeltrae (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke), bredholder (expander, fabric expanding device, scrimp, temple, templet), ladekegle (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), torpedo (torpedo, torpedo flue former), påfyldningskonus (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), løfteåg. (various references) | |
Dutch | sproeimachine, spreader, spreider (butterfly, spreader bar, stretcher), spreitafel, strooimachine, spreidmachine, teersproeimachine (spraying machine), torpedo (torpedo), zwengel (crank, crowbar), uitvloeier (carrier, diluent, dilutant), aanlegbank, verdeonus (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), voorloper (precursor), oppervlakteactief spanningsmiddel, evenaar (equator), balans (balance, balance sheet, equilibrium, fly, scales), balanceerinrichting (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke). (various references) | |
Finnish | sumutinkone (spraying machine), torpedo (torpedo), levityskone (spraying machine), levitin (dispenser, spraying machine, temple, templet, torpedo), kostutusaine (surface active agent, wetting agent), kostuke (humectant, hygroscopic agent, moistening agent), konttitarttuja, kankaanlevityslaite (expander, fabric expanding device), kärki (edge, end, peak, point, point apex tip, summit, tip), jakokappale (torpedo), harus (backstay, bridle, leg, spreading wire, stay, sweep *). (various references) | |
French | spreader, ecarteur, élargisseur, épandeur, étaleuse (spreading machine), agrippeur, cône de chargement, cadre de levage, cadre de préhension, couteau palette, écarteur, distributeur, torpille, enduiseuse (spreading machine), entremise (spreading wire), entretoise (spacer), mouillant, palonnier, patte de chalut (spreading wire), répandeuse (spraying machine), demi-palonnier. (various references) | |
German | Sprühfahrzeug, spachtel (scraper, spatula), Spreader, Spreizgerät, Spritzgerät, Spritzmaschine (extruder, spraying machine, sprinkler, tuber), Stander (pennant, standard), stallmiststreuer, messer (analyser, blade, cutter, knife, knives, razor, scissors, switchblade), Benetzungsmittel (detergents), Beschickungskonus (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), Blaskopf (deflector, distributor, outlet), Breitstreckeinrichtung (expander, fabric expanding device), Hebegeschirr, Kegelverschluß (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), miststreuer, Materialverdrängungskopf, Anlegemaschine, Waagebalken (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke), zweiarmiger Hebel (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke), Verteiler (allocator, contributor, dispatcher, dispenser, distribution list, distributor, distributors, divider, terminal block), Traverse (traverse), Torpedo (torpedo), Kegelverteiler (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell). (various references) | |
Greek | αρτάνη (sling), διαβρεκτικό, διαστολέας (automatic volume-expander, expander), τορπίλα, απλωτήρας, απλώτησ, απλώνων, διαδίδων (propagator), ανυψωτική δοκός (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke), κώνος φόρτωσης (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), εκτοξευτήρας σκυροδέματος (spraying machine), πλαίσιο ανύψωσης, μοχλός (lever), μηχανισμός τεντώματος (expander, fabric expanding device), μηχάνημα διάχυσης, σκέλος (haunch, knee, leg, peduncle, spreading wire), καταβρεχτήρας, ανοιχτήρι (corkscrew, opener, tin opener). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מפזר (distributor), פשק. (various references) | |
Hungarian | szövetgumizógép, síngyalu, szétosztó szerkezet, széttartó közdarab, széttartó rúd, szövetgumizó gép, szövetkenőgép (spreading-machine), szórófej (nozzle), szórógép, szalagterítő, szalagozógép (spreading-machine), szétterítő henger, elosztó henger, hányóeke, furnérenyvező gép, feszke (poling), feszítőszerkezet, feszítőgyűrű, feszítő szerkezet, feszítő henger, elosztó (dispenser, distributing, distributive, distributor), enyvfelhordó készülék, habarcsterítő szerkezet, földterítő gép, nyomköztágító szerkezet, felhordó henger, felrakógép (spreading-machine), anyagelosztó szerkezet, torpedó (fish, minnow, tin can, torpedo), terjesztõ, terjesztő (propagator, transmitter), terelő (deflector), teherelosztó, talajegyengető eke, távtartó rúd, mázoló henger, oldalfeszíték, hosszanti feszítő szerkezet, nyomköz tágító szerkezet, öntözőfej (sprinkler), kereszttartó (thwart), kenőgép (spreading-machine), közdarab, köpenyfeszítő gép, távolságtartó rúd. (various references) | |
Indonesian | penabur (sower). (various references) | |
Italian | spreader, spanditrice, siluro (torpedo), trave superiore (guide frame, swingle-tree, yoke), telaio con organi di presa dei contenitori, ripartitore (distribution block, distribution frame, distributor, distributor manifold, dividing breeching, ice cream scoop, manifold, siamese), ogiva (groin, ogive), divaricazione, distributore (dealer, dispenser, distributor, machine), distenditoio, cono di carico (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), braccio finto (leg, spreading wire), bilanciere (balancer, outrigger), bagnante (bather). (various references) | |
Korean | 스" ". (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eaderspray.(various references) | |
Portuguese | torpedo (torpedo), tirante (bond, cufflink, fish rod, rod, tug), pernada (leg, spreading wire), molhante, máquina de estirar, forcada (leg, spreading wire), espalhadora (spraying machine), espalhador, espátula (scoop, spatula), divulgador, distribuidor (distributing, distributor, slidevalve, timer), cone de carregamento (charger cone valve, charging bell, distribution bell), cilindros de inspecção, alargador (expander, fabric expanding device, reamer). (various references) | |
Romanian | rãspânditor, propagator, expansor, dispozitiv (apparatus, appliance, contrivance, device, fitment, outfit). (various references) | |
Russian | спредер, распорка (distance-piece, spacer), шпредер, шпрединг-машина, отделитель (separator). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | rastresač, širilac. (various references) | |
Spanish | esparcidor (distributor). (various references) | |
Swedish | spridare (circulator, nebulizer, vaporizer). (various references) | |
Thai | เครื่องทำให้กระจาย, มี"ทาเนย. (various references) | |
Turkish | serpici, yayıcı, tereyağı bıçağı, püskürtücü (atomizer, injector, repellent, repelling, spray, sprayer, sprinkler), iki telin arasına koyulan tahta, gergi (rack, stay, stretcher, tenter), gübre serpme makinesi, duş fiskiyesi, dağıtıcı (deliveryman, dispersive, distributer, distributor, peddler, pedlar, runner), anten gergisi. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | розподільник, поширювач (propagator). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | người truyền bá (indoctrinator, propagator), người trải ra. (various references) | |
Welsh | gwasgarwr (scatterer). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "spreader": spreaders. (additional references) | |
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"Spreader" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Espedair, shreadder, shreader, sprade, spreaded. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "spreader" (pronounced spre"der) |
| 4 | -r e" d er | redder, shredder. |
| 3 | -e" d er | Cheddar, deader, header, Tedder. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: respread. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-s" | |
-1 letter: drapers, readers, reapers, redears, rereads, respade, sparred, speared, spearer. | |
-2 letters: darers, dearer, draper, drapes, drears, erased, eraser, padres, pardee, parers, parred, parsed, parser, pesade, rapers, rasped, rasper, reader, reaped, reaper, reared, redear, reread, reseda, seared, searer, serape, spader, spared, sparer, spread. | |
-3 letters: aedes, apers, apres, asper, darer, dares, dears, deeps, deers, drape, drear. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-p-r-r-s" | |
+1 letter: depravers, despairer, draperies, panderers, persuader, pervaders, rephrased, resprayed, respreads, scarpered, spreaders. | |
+2 letters: departures, despairers, madrepores, overspread, persuaders, precreased, readership, repleaders. | |
+3 letters: copyreaders, depredators, overpraised, overspreads, premeasured, promenaders, readerships, reappraised, replastered, repurchased, respreading, ropedancers, superharden. | |
+4 letters: demographers, depolarizers, depreciators, eavesdropper, madreporites, overpersuade, perseverated, philanderers, prebendaries, predischarge, preparedness, prepurchased, proofreaders, sharecropped, supercharged, superhardens, transpierced. | |
+5 letters: deprogrammers, eavesdroppers, interpleaders, overpersuaded, overpersuades, overspreading, peradventures, predepartures, predestinator, predischarged, predischarges, premeditators, preponderates, repristinated, stereographed, supercalender, superhardened, superordinate, understrapper, videographers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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