roller
Pronunciation: /ˈɹəʊlə/
The English word “roller” has 20 meanings listed here.
noun
- Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
- A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
- A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
- A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
- A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
- An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
- One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
- A roller towel.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.
- One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.
- Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.
- A dung beetle that rolls dung into balls.
- A cylinder snakes, small ground snakes of the genus Cylindrophis.
- A rolling pin
- A throw which involves the player throwing the disc in a way that makes it roll, by that being able to travel further than if thrown in the air. Only used on holes with open areas with short or no grass.
- A long wide bandage used in surgery.
- A large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast.
- A breed or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (compare Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler).
- Any of various nonpasserine birds constituting the family Coraciidae, having stocky bodies, large heads, and stout bills hooked at the tip.
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.
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