The laptop's heat spreaders kept the CPU cool during the intensive rendering session.

During the bondage safety workshop, the instructor demonstrated how to use a spreader bar safely to keep a partner's arms apart.

The rigging crew installed several spreader bars to stabilize the load before lifting.

His spreadeagleism made even his allies cringe during the diplomatic summit.

Although largely archaic, the word spreadeaglism has been used by some authors to describe a variation of the spreadeagle pose in theatrical staging.