spreader
- noun
- /ˈsprɛdər/
- To fertilize the garden, we employed a hand-held spreader for better coverage.
- a little spreader
Wooden gold little spreaders from TJ Maxx.
- Wooden gold little spreaders from TJ Maxx.
- And then, I mean, I, I'm more of a PITA spreader than a dipper, but I'll, I'll dip for today.
- Nothing wrong with a little cream cheese, some spreaders, and a napkin in case you get any on your chin.
- Marshmallows, Hershey's Kisses, Thin pretzel sticks, blue sugar sprinkles, white frosting used as glue and a spreader.
Examples
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So anyway, brick border eventually to make it really tidy and clean and there's Aaron with the spreader and the grass seed.
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Wooden gold little spreaders from TJ Maxx.
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I hope we sharpened the cream cheese spreader.
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Thank God I didn't have to use the cream cheese spreader.
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Nothing wrong with a little cream cheese, some spreaders, and a napkin in case you get any on your chin.
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The finished, unscreened compost is applied to the vineyard and gardens with a spreader and manually in steep areas.
Academic text (1999) -
Both are in our GN tear down tool kits on the store, thermal paste, a spreader, tweezers, rubber gloves and included wooden sticks.
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She used a spreader to apply butter evenly on the toast.
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The chef preferred the small spreader for easily applying cream cheese to the bagels.
Synonyms
A small tool used to put a liquid or cream on a surface
A tool that spreads seed or fertilizer evenly over a wide area
A machine that spreads seeds or fertilizer across an area
An animal or machine that spreads seeds and pollen across a wide area
Compounds
- Specialized
A beam that sits below a crane hook to spread weight when lifting heavy objects
How Even
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word spreader comes from the verb spread, which means 'to put something out over a surface', and the ending -er meaning 'a tool or person that does an action'. So a spreader is a small tool, like a butter knife, used to put on or smooth substances such as butter or fertilizer.