- a person or thing that spreads.
- a small, dull knife or spatula used for spreading butter, jelly, etc., on bread.
- a machine for dispersing bulk material: manure spreader.
- a device for spacing or keeping apart two objects, as electric wires.
- a strut for spreading shrouds on a mast.
- a machine or device used for scattering bulk materials, esp manure or fertilizer, over a relatively wide area
- a device for keeping apart or spacing parallel objects, such as electric wires
