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spreader

/ˈspɹedə/SPREH-dur
/ˈspɹɛdɚ/SPREH-dur

Meaninga person or thing that spreads

Common meaning: a person or thing that spreads (inferred)

Journey through time

  1. Old EnglishsprædansourceB&T
  2. Middle Englishspredensource
  3. Englishspread‘to stretch or open out’
  4. Englishformed in English from spreadspreader‘a person or thing that spreads (inferred)’ · today

Sources & notes

Inferred source: no dictionary we use has an entry for this exact word. Its history is worked out from closely related, listed words in the same family, and we are trusting that link, so bear that in mind. Inferred meaning: a person or thing that spreads. It can be inferred from any of: spread.

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Formed in English from spread + -er (inferred: this exact word is not listed in our dictionaries).

Source words

  • sprædan Old English · source word “stretching out, spreading”

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