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roller

About 3.44 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun Anything that rolls. 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.
    He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle.
  2. noun Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
  3. noun A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
  4. noun A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
  5. noun A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
  6. noun A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
  7. noun An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
  8. noun One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.

Similar words

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Word family

rollers

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