Spreader may refer to:
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Broadcast spreader
A broadcast seeder, alternately called a broadcaster, broadcast spreader or centrifugal fertilizer spreader (Europe) or "spinner" (UK), is a farm implement commonly used for spreading seed where no row planting is required (mostly for lawns and me ...
, an agricultural machinery or lawn care tool designed to spread seed, fertilizer, lime, sand, ice melt, etc.
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Spreader (railroad)
A spreader is a type of maintenance equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles. The spreader spreads gravel along the railroad ties. The various ploughs, wings and blades of specific spreaders allow them to Snowplow, remove snow, build ...
, a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles
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Hydraulic spreader, a tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication
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Spreader (sailboat)
A spreader is a spar on a sailing boat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast. The spreader or spreaders serve much the same purpose as the crosstrees and tops
Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is a ...
, a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast
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Spreader bar
A spreader bar is an article of bondage equipment consisting of a metal or wooden bar, with attachment points for bondage cuffs at each end, which can be fastened to wrists, ankles or knees to hold them apart. They are used in bondage play, and ...
, a BDSM bondage device
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Spreader (lifting)
A spreader is a device used for lifting containers and unitized cargo. The spreader is placed between the container and the lifting machine.
The spreader used for containers has a locking mechanism at each corner that attaches to the four corners ...
, a lifting device used to distribute forces appropriately for structural or interference reasons
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Manure spreader
A manure spreader or muck spreader or honey wagon is an agricultural machine used to distribute manure over a field as a fertilizer. A typical (modern) manure spreader consists of a trailer towed behind a tractor with a rotating mechanism driven b ...
, an agricultural machinery designed to spread manure
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Spreader (mining), a heavy equipment used in surface mining and mechanical engineering/civil engineering
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