spreads
Butter and jam
Spreads is the plural of spread—things that extend over surfaces or cover distances.
In finance, spreads are differences between prices: the bid-ask spread, yield spreads between bonds.
Food spreads are soft substances meant for bread: cheese spreads, fruit spreads.
In publishing, a spread is content spanning two facing pages.
Bedding spreads cover mattresses: bedspreads, coverlets.
Solid fat from cream
- margarineVegetable oil spread
- jamCooked fruit spread
- jellyFruit spread, no seeds
- hummusMashed chickpea spread
Nutella · marmalade · honey · tahini · guacamole · pâté · Marmite · Vegemite
Wide distribution of information
- circulationMovement through a system
- dispersionScattering across space
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
- transmissionSending of information
propagation · broadcasting · scatter · deployment · contagion · outbreak · viral · infection
Bound paper sheets
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
- featureDistinguishing quality or element
editorial · photospread · layout · display · array · arrangement · buffet · feast
Land under jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- growthIncrease in size
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
- wideningIncreasing in extent
extension · sprawl · encroachment · migration · settlement · empire · frontier · range
butter
Solid fat from cream
hummus · Nutella · marmalade · honey · tahini · guacamole · pâté · Marmite · Vegemite · ghee
dissemination
Wide distribution of information
- circulationMovement through a system
- dispersionScattering across space
- diffusionPassive molecular spreading
transmission · propagation · broadcasting · scatter · deployment · contagion · outbreak · viral · infection · wildfire
pages
Bound paper sheets
- centerfoldMagazine's removable middle spread
- magazineBound periodical with articles
- newspaperPrinted periodical of current events
feature · editorial · photospread · layout · display · array · arrangement · buffet · feast · banquet
territory
Land under jurisdiction
- colonizationForeign territorial takeover
- growthIncrease in size
- proliferationRapid increase in quantity
widening · extension · sprawl · encroachment · migration · settlement · empire · frontier · range · reach
margin
Edge of a page
- yieldProduce or relinquish
- premiumAdded cost for better
- differentialRelative difference between things
arbitrage · options · futures · trading · points · credit · bond · risk · hedge · position
- food productssnacks, snack foods, frozen foods, canned goods, dried foods
- lays outarranges, organizes, displays, presents, outlines
- documentary photosphotojournalism, news photos, photo essay, photo essays, photo story
- ways things spreadwaves, seeds, ripples, spores, pollen
- groceriesfruits, grocery store, melons, supermarket, watermelon
- packaged foodschips, cookies, crackers, cereal, canned goods
spreadsconcentrates
Directs sustained attention
gathers · collects · contracts · compresses · consolidates
- spread outExtended over distance
- spread the wordCommunicate information broadly
- spread like wildfireRapid, uncontrolled transmission
- spreading outExpanding across space
- spread one's wingsPursue newfound autonomy
- spreading rumorsCirculating unverified talk
spread, spreading, widespread, bedspread, spreader, outspread, overspread, spreaders, spread out