: a small knife used especially for spreading butter
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: a device (such as a bar) holding two linear elements (such as lines, guys, rails) apart and usually taut
Examples of spreader in a Sentence
Mosquito are spreaders of disease.
Recent Examples on the WebFor instance, the influencers throwing super spreader parties.—Leah Asmelash, CNN, 17 June 2024 Be sure to set your spreader on the proper setting.—Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 20 Apr. 2024 The common wisdom is that rat fleas were the big spreaders.—Ari Daniel, NPR, 3 June 2024 Advertisement The main spreader of the West Nile virus in California is the culex mosquito, which becomes infected with the virus by feeding on the blood of infected birds.—Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for spreader
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