caster

a small wheel on a swivel: The grand piano was on casters.

Not to be confused with:

castor – a bean and the oil derived from it: Castor beans are very toxic and should not be eaten.

cast·er

(kăs′tər)

1. One that casts: a caster of nets.

2. also cas·tor (kăs′tər) A small wheel on a swivel, attached under a piece of furniture or other heavy object to make it easier to move.

3. also castor

a. A small bottle, pot, or shaker for holding a condiment.

b. A stand for a set of condiment containers.

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caster

(ˈkɑːstə)

1. a person or thing that casts

2. (Cookery) Also: castor a bottle with a perforated top for sprinkling sugar, etc, or a stand containing such bottles

3. (Furniture) Also: castor a small wheel mounted on a swivel so that the wheel tends to turn into its plane of rotation

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

cast•er

(ˈkæs tər, ˈkɑ stər)

n.

1. a person or thing that casts.

2. a small wheel on a swivel, set under a piece of furniture, a machine, etc., to facilitate moving it.

3. a bottle or cruet for holding a condiment.

4. a stand for such bottles.

5. a container for sugar, pepper, etc., having a perforated top.

6. the angle that a car's kingpin makes with the vertical.

Also, castor (for defs. 2–5).

[1300–50]

caster

- A container with holes in the top for sprinkling something like sugar or pepper.

caster

[ˈkɑːstəʳ]

A. N = castor

B. CPD caster sugar N (Brit) → azúcar m extrafino, azúcar m lustre

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

caster

[ˈkɑːstə^r] = castorcaster sugar n (British) → sucre m semoulecaste system n → système m des castes

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

caster

castor [ˈkɑːstəʳ] n (wheel) → rotella

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

caster¹

(ˈkaːstə) : caster sugar

fine sugar used in baking etc.

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References in classic literature

There is a saltcellar of state, so called, and there may be a caster of state.

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The inventor of a new cannon associated himself with the caster and the borer.

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--A sea full of many-hued fishes and crabs, for which even the Gods might long, and might be tempted to become fishers in it, and casters of nets,-- so rich is the world in wonderful things, great and small!

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Colette's foul walls and maculate table-linen, and even down to Colette's villainous casters, seemed like objects in a nightmare.

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In Cypher's she belonged--in the bacon smoke, the cabbage perfume, the grand, Wagnerian chorus of hurled ironstone china and rattling casters.

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Coquenard entered, pushed along upon his armchair with casters by Mme.

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Noirtier was sitting in an arm-chair, which moved upon casters, in which he was wheeled into the room in the morning, and in the same way drawn out again at night.

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Before Elizabeth was placed an enormous roasted turkey, and before Richard one boiled, in the centre of the table stood a pair of heavy silver casters, surrounded by four dishes: one a fricassee that consisted of gray squirrels; another of fish fried; a third of fish boiled; the last was a venison steak.

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Two of the supports were easily moving casters. The third support, placed at the apex of the triangle, was a lead pencil.

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It should be said Caster has been female all her life and lives as a woman.

Athlete gives sport an ethical dilemma; DR MIRIAM STOPPARD; Helping to keep you fit and healthy

I know, biologically speaking, Caster with a Y chromosome is defined as male.

Dr Miriam Stoppard: Athlete gives sport an ethical dilemma; The controversial case of 800m champ Caster Semenya, whose testosterone levels are high, has rocked women's sport

However based on their current design, XinChen Caster Wheels Company has done some improvement on the adjustment gear wheel.

XinChen Caster Wheels Company Announces Adjustable Leveling Casters Wheels

Noun	1.	caster - a worker who casts molten metal into finished products worker - a person who works at a specific occupation; "he is a good worker"
	2.	caster - a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar castor shaker - a container in which something can be shaken
	3.	caster - a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable castor roller - a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

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