: a small knife used especially for spreading butter
c
: 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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Overlap the Passes When spreading fertilizer with a rotary spreader, overlap your passes by about 50%.—Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Mar. 2025 What are authorities doing about the emerging risk of free-roaming cats as a bird flu spreader?—Jia H. Jung, The Mercury News, 7 Mar. 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, 3 Mar. 2025 When asked who the biggest spreader of misinformation on X is, Grok's response is Musk.—Barbara A. Perry, Newsweek, 28 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for spreader
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