spreaders
Tools for dispersing
Spreaders are tools or devices that distribute something across a surface.
A fertilizer spreader scatters material evenly over a lawn.
A butter spreader is a knife for applying soft foods.
In construction, spreaders are bars that hold things apart at a fixed distance.
The term also describes people who spread things—especially in compounds like superspreaders, people who transmit disease to unusually large numbers of others.
Flat-bladed kitchen tool
- trowelFlat blade for spreading
- hopperTapered dispensing container
- spinnerThing that rotates
- applicatorTool for applying substances
Disease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- epidemicWidespread disease occurrence
pandemic · virus · pathogen · carrier · vector · superspreader · contamination · quarantine
Soil nutrient supplement
- manureAnimal waste as fertilizer
- seedEmbryonic plant capsule
- limeAcidic green citrus
- compostDecayed organic fertilizer
mulch · granular · application · coverage · calibration · hopper · broadcast · acreage
Distribute in random directions
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
proliferation · circulation · radiation · permeation · dispersal · scattering · strewing · penetration
spatula
Flat-bladed kitchen tool
contagion
Disease spread by contact
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- transmissionSending of information
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
epidemic · pandemic · virus · pathogen · carrier · vector · superspreader · contamination · quarantine · plague
fertilizer
Soil nutrient supplement
compost · mulch · granular · application · coverage · calibration · hopper · broadcast · acreage · field
scatter
Distribute in random directions
- distributionAllocation across recipients
- disseminationWide distribution of information
- propagationAct of spreading widely
diffusion · proliferation · circulation · radiation · permeation · dispersal · scattering · strewing · penetration · migration
- farm equipmenttractor, tractors, plow, plows, plough
- silverwarecutlery, flatware, fork, knife, spoon
- cargo handlingforklifts, pallets, crates, containers, loaders
- garment workersseamstresses, tailors, sewers, cutters, stitchers
- rescue toolsjaws of life, pry bar, crowbar, axe, ax
- sailing gearmainsail, sail, jib, spinnaker, genoa
spreaderscollectors
Those who systematically acquire
gatherers · containers · concentrators · compactors · consolidators
spreadersquarantiners
Those in enforced seclusion
isolators · blockers · barriers · immunizers · vaccinators
spreaderssuppressors
Devices that reduce intensity
censors · concealers · gatekeepers · silencers · hoarders
- super spreaderHighly contagious transmitter
- salt spreaderVehicle dispensing road de-icer
- manure spreaderEquipment distributing animal waste
- spreader barHorizontal load-distributing beam