roller
/ˈɹəʊlə/
Anything that rolls.; Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure; A cylindrical item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed
- plural
- rollers
Meanings
- 1
Anything that rolls.; Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure
- 2
Anything that rolls.; A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed
- 3
Anything that rolls.; A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metalrare
- 4
Anything that rolls.; A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitchrare
- 5
Anything that rolls.; A cylindrical tool for applying paint or inkrare
- 6
Anything that rolls.; An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earthrare
- 7
Anything that rolls.; One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hairrare
- 8
Anything that rolls.; A roller towelrare
- 9
Anything that rolls.; A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etcrare
- 10
Anything that rolls.; A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metalrare