Definitions of Roller [ˈroʊ lər]

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Definition of 'Roller'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) roller
one that rolls.

2.  roller
a cylinder, wheel, or caster on which something is rolled along.

3.  roller
a cylinder revolving on a fixed axis, esp. to aid the movement of something passed over or around it.

4.  roller
a cylinder on which something is rolled up:
the roller of a window shade.

5.  roller
a hollow cylinder on which hair is rolled up for setting.

6.  roller
a cylinder for spreading, crushing, or flattening something.

7.  roller
a long, swelling wave.

8. (n.) roller
any of various medium-sized, often brightly colored Old World birds of the family Coraciidae, that tumble or roll over during display flights.

Etymology: (1655–65; < G Roller, der. of rollen to roll)

Definition of 'Roller'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) roller
a grounder that rolls along the infield

2. (noun) roller, roll, rolling wave
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore

3. (noun) roller
a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

4. (noun) roller
a cylinder that revolves

5. (noun) curler, hair curler, roller, crimper
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"

6. (noun) roller
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers

7. (noun) roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground

Definition of 'Roller'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Roller
one who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts

2. (noun) Roller
a bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery

3. (noun) Roller
one of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather

4. (noun) Roller
a long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel

5. (noun) Roller
a cylinder coated with a composition made principally of glue and molassess, with which forms of type are inked previously to taking an impression from them

6. (noun) Roller
a long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man

7. (noun) Roller
a small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc

8. (noun) Roller
aNy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix

9. (noun) Roller
any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight

10. (noun) Roller
any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae

Translation of 'Roller'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: any of a number of tube-shaped objects, or machines fitted with one or more such objects, for flattening, crushing, printing etc a garden roller; a road-roller.
Afrikaans: roller	Arabic: مِدْحَلَه	Bulgarian: валяк
Brazilian: cilindro	Czech: válec	German: die Walze
Danish: tromle; -tromle	Greek: κύλινδρος, οδοστρωτήρας	Spanish: rodillo
Estonian: rull	Farsi: مهر غلتان؛ غلتک	Finnish: jyrä, rulla
French: rouleau	Hebrew: מַכבֵּש, מַעֲגִילָה	Hindi: बेलन
Croatian: valjak	Hungarian: henger	Indonesian: penggilas
Icelandic: kefli, valtari	Italian: rullo; compressore	Japanese: ローラー
Korean: 롤러(땅고르는 기계, 밀방망이, 밀대, 페인트	Lithuanian: volas, velenas	Latvian: veltnis; rullis
Malay: penggelek	Dutch: wals	Norwegian: valse, trommel
Polish: walec	Persian: مهر غلتان؛ غلتک	Pashto: لنګر
Portuguese: cilindro	Romanian: a se scurge	Russian: каток
Slovak: valec	Slovenian: valjar	Serbian: valjak
Swedish: rulle, vals, vält, kavel	Thai: ลูกกลิ้ง	Turkish: silindir
Taiwanese: 滾軋機	Ukrainian: коток	Urdu: رولنے والا
Vietnamese: con lăn	Chinese: 滚轧机
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