spreader

1. An object or person who spreads.

   распространи́тельrasprostranítelʹ

2. A spacer or device for keeping two objects apart.

   распо́ркаraspórka

3. A device used to spread bulk material.

   Ellen put grass seed on the lawn with a seed spreader.

   распо́ркаraspórka

4. A knife or spatula used to distribute a substance such as butter or jelly.

   James used a spreader to butter her bagel.

5. A horizontal athwartships spar attached to the mast of a sailboat in order to extend the shrouds away from the mast.

   ре́яréja, рейrej

6. A machine for combining and drawing fibers of flax to form a sliver preparatory to spinning.

7. The moving platform of a container crane.

8. A horizontal bar or frame attached to two or more points on a load, enabling the load to be lifted, especially by crane, with greater stability and more even spread of forces.

9. (slang)A member of a cracking group who distributes warez.

1. Don't trust it! It's only a spreader of falsehoods.

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2. When the pandemic first appeared, the ski resorts in the Tyrol region in northern Italy and western Austria acted as super-spreaders.

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