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spreader

spreader

1 3.2
A small tool used to put soft food like butter or cheese on bread
  • noun
  • /ˈsprɛdər/
translation icon : espátula
  • To fertilize the garden, we employed a hand-held spreader for better coverage.
  • a little spreader

Wooden gold little spreaders from TJ Maxx.

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Examples

  • So anyway, brick border eventually to make it really tidy and clean and there's Aaron with the spreader and the grass seed.

  • Wooden gold little spreaders from TJ Maxx.

  • I hope we sharpened the cream cheese spreader.

  • Thank God I didn't have to use the cream cheese spreader.

  • Nothing wrong with a little cream cheese, some spreaders, and a napkin in case you get any on your chin.

  • 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.

  • She used a spreader to apply butter evenly on the toast.

  • The chef preferred the small spreader for easily applying cream cheese to the bagels.

Synonyms

applicator
vsspreader
6 4.3

A small tool used to put a liquid or cream on a surface

spreads substances broadly across a surface rather than precise placement
broadcaster
vsspreader
1 6.5

A tool that spreads seed or fertilizer evenly over a wide area

focuses on small tool use for spreading over a surface, not wide-area distribution
dispersant
vsspreader
6.9

A machine that spreads seeds or fertilizer across an area

is for spreading substances over a surface, often smaller and more controlled
disperser
vsspreader
6.4

An animal or machine that spreads seeds and pollen across a wide area

is a small hand tool for spreading substances over a surface

Compounds

spreader beam
  • Specialized
8.5

A beam that sits below a crane hook to spread weight when lifting heavy objects

How Even

broadcaster
1 6.5
spreader
1 3.2
strewing
7.0

Surface Forms

spreader singular
spreaders plural

Morphology

spreader = spread (transparent) = spread + er

The noun is a straightforward instrument/agent nominalization of the verb 'spread' with '-er'.

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.