Spreader may refer to: Broadcast spreader, an agricultural machinery or lawn care tool designed to spread seed, fertilizer, lime, sand, ice melt, etc. Spreader (railroad), a kind of maintenance of way equipment designed to spread or shape ballast profiles Hydraulic spreader, a tool used by emergency crews in vehicle extrication Spreader (sailboat), a spar on a sailboat used to deflect the shrouds to allow them to better support the mast Spreader bar, a BDSM bondage device Spreader (lifting), a lifting device used to distribute forces appropriately for structural or interference reasons Manure spreader, an agricultural machinery designed to spread manure Spreader (mining), a heavy equipment used in surface mining and mechanical engineering/civil engineering