English Explanatory Dictionary

roller

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Anything that rolls.
  2. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
  3. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
  4. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
  5. A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
  6. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
  7. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
  8. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
  9. A roller towel.
  10. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
  11. A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
  12. One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
verb
  1. To roller skate.
noun
  1. A Rolls-Royce car

Pronunciation

/ˈɹəʊlə/ /ˈɹoʊlɚ/ en-au-roller.ogg

Word forms

roller rollers rollering rollered

Etymology

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er. * (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.

Synonyms

paint roller rolling paint brush rolling brush

Derived words

ab roller ab roller wheel beard roller Cambridge roller cheese roller coal roller cuckoo-roller dandy-roller dandy roller dermaroller European roller fancy roller foam roller foot roller ground roller hair roller heavy roller high-roller high roller Indian roller leaf roller leaf-roller light roller lilac-breasted roller lilac-throated roller lint roller lush-roller lush roller mine roller Mosilikatze's roller Oriental roller paint roller pea roller pinch roller road roller rollerball roller bearing roller bed roller blade rollerblade roller blind rollerboard roller bolt roller boot roller bottle roller chain roller-coaster roller-coasterish roller coaster rollercoaster roller-cone bit roller cone bit roller derby roller disco roller-disco roller docker rollerdrum roller football roller gin rollergirl

Translations

Bulgarian: ролка Dutch: roller Finnish: rulla Finnish: pyörittäjä Ancient Greek: κύλινδρος Japanese: ローラー Korean: 롤러 Macedonian: ро́лна Norman: rouôleux Polish: wałek Russian: ро́лик Russian: колёсико Russian: вал Spanish: rodillo Tagalog: paralis Tagalog: rodilyo Ottoman Turkish: مردانه Ottoman Turkish: لوغ
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