roll·er 1 (r  l r)n. 1. One that rolls or performs a rolling operation or activity. 2. Any of various cylindrical or spherical devices that roll or rotate, especially: a. A small spokeless wheel, such as that of a roller skate or caster. b. An elongated cylinder on which something, such as a window shade or towel, is wound. c. A heavy revolving cylinder that is used to level, crush, or smooth. d. Printing A cylinder, usually of hard rubber, used to ink the type before the paper is impressed. e. A cylinder of wire mesh, foam rubber, or other material around which a strand of hair is wound to produce a soft curl or wave. 3. A long rolled bandage. 4. A heavy swelling wave that breaks on a coast. 5. A tumbler pigeon. |
| rol·ler 2 (rlr) n. 1. Any of various Old World birds of the family Coraciidae, having bright blue wings, stocky bodies, and hooked bills. They are noted for their aggressiveness and their habit of rolling and twisting in flight, especially during the breeding season. 2. A canary that trills. [German, from rollen, to roll, burble; see rollmops.] |
roller [ˈrəʊlə]
n
1. (Engineering / Tools) a cylinder having an absorbent surface and a handle, used for spreading paint
2. (Engineering / Tools) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture) Also called garden roller a heavy cast-iron cylinder or pair of cylinders on an axle to which a handle is attached; used for flattening lawns
3. (Earth Sciences / Physical Geography) a long heavy wave of the sea, advancing towards the shore Compare breaker1 [2]
4. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a hardened cylinder of precision-ground steel that forms one of the rolling components of a roller bearing or of a linked driving chain
5. (Engineering / Mechanical Engineering) a cylinder fitted on pivots, used to enable heavy objects to be easily moved; castor
6. (Communication Arts / Printing, Lithography & Bookbinding) (Engineering / Tools) Printing a cylinder, usually of hard rubber, used to ink a forme or plate before impression
7. a cylindrical tube or barrel onto which material is rolled for transport or storage
8. any of various other cylindrical devices that rotate about a cylinder, used for any of various purposes
9. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Hairdressing & Grooming) a small cylinder, esp one that is heated, onto which a woman's hair may be rolled to make it curl
10. (Medicine) Med a bandage consisting of a long strip of muslin or cheesecloth rolled tightly into a cylindrical form before application
11. (Individual Sports & Recreations / Horse Training, Riding & Manège) a band fastened around a horse's belly to keep a blanket in position
12. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various Old World birds of the family Coraciidae, such as Coracias garrulus (European roller), that have a blue, green, and brown plumage, a slightly hooked bill, and an erratic flight: order Coraciiformes (kingfishers, etc.)
13. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) (often capital) a variety of tumbler pigeon that performs characteristic backward somersaults in flight
14. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Breeds) a breed of canary that has a soft trilling song in which the notes are run together
15. a person or thing that rolls
16. (Business / Professions) (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Agriculture) Austral a man who rolls and trims fleeces after shearing
17. (Engineering / Automotive Engineering) short for roadroller, steamroller
18. (Communication Arts / Broadcasting) short for roller caption
comber, breaker, roller - A long curving wave is a comber, a wave that curls over and dissolves into foam is a breaker, and a long wave moving steadily shoreward is a roller.
See also related terms for wave.
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  roller - a grounder that rolls along the infield |
| 2. |  roller - a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shoremoving ridge, wave - one of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid (especially across a large body of water) | |
| 3. | roller - a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) caster, castor - a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable roller skate - a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole wheel - a simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) | |
| 4. | roller - a cylinder that revolves garden roller - heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns paint roller - a roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint platen - the roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike roller blind - a window shade that rolls up out of the way sprocket - roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through trundle - small wheel or roller cylinder - a solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) | |
| 5. |  roller - a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it; "a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight"mechanical device - mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles | |
| 6. | roller - Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers coraciiform bird - chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes Coraciidae, family Coraciidae - rollers Coracias garrulus, European roller - common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back ground roller - Madagascan roller with terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms | |
| 7. |  roller - pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the grounddomestic pigeon - domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
Translations
roller [ˈrəʊləʳ]
A. N
1. (Agr, Tech) → rodillo m; (= road-roller) → apisonadora f; (= caster) → ruedecilla f; (for hair) → rulo m
B. CPD roller bandage N → venda f enrollada
roller blind N (Brit) → persiana f enrollable
roller coaster N → montaña f rusa
roller skate N → patín m (de ruedas)
roller towel N → toalla f de rodillo or sin fin
see also roller-skate, roller-skating
roller blind N (Brit) → persiana f enrollable
roller coaster N → montaña f rusa
roller skate N → patín m (de ruedas)
roller towel N → toalla f de rodillo or sin fin
see also roller-skate, roller-skating
roller
roller:
n
(for pressing, smoothing) → Rolle f; (= pastry roller) → Nudelholz nt; (for lawn, road, Ind) → Walze f; (= paint roller) → Rolle f
(for winding sth round) → Rolle f; (= hair roller) → (Locken)wickler m; to put one’s hair in rollers → sich (dat) → die Haare aufdrehen or eindrehen; with her rollers in → mit Lockenwicklern (im Haar)
(for moving things) → Rolle f; (log-shaped) → Rollklotz m
(= wave) → Brecher m
roller:
roller bandage
n → Rollbinde f
roller bearing
n → Rollenlager nt
roller blind
n → Springrollo nt
roller coaster
n → Achterbahn f, → Berg-und-Tal-Bahn f; an emotional roller → eine gefühlsmäßige Berg-und-Tal-Fahrt
roller skate
n → Rollschuh m
roller-skate
roller-skater
n → Rollschuhläufer(in) m(f)
roller-skating
n → Rollschuhlaufen nt
roller towel
n → Rollhandtuch nt
roller [ˈrəʊləʳ] n
a. (gen) → rullo, cilindro; (in metallurgy) → laminatoio; (roadroller) → rullo compressore; (castor) → rotella; (for hair) → bigodino
b. (wave) → cavallone m
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