ALL meanings of roller
roll·er
R r - noun roller any of several Old World birds of the family Coraciidae that tumble or roll over in flight, especially in the breeding season. 1
- noun roller tumbler (def 9). 1
- noun roller one of a variety of canaries having a warbling or trilling song. 1
- noun roller tubes for curling hair 1
- noun roller machinery: transport element 1
- noun roller machine: cylindrical moving part 1
- noun roller small wheel 1
- noun roller wheel on roller-skate 1
- noun roller machine for flattening 1
- noun roller wave 1
- countable noun roller A roller is a cylinder that turns round in a machine or device. 0
- countable noun roller Rollers are hollow tubes that women roll their hair round in order to make it curly. 0
- noun roller a cylinder having an absorbent surface and a handle, used for spreading paint 0
- noun roller a heavy cast-iron cylinder or pair of cylinders on an axle to which a handle is attached; used for flattening lawns 0
- noun roller a long heavy wave of the sea, advancing towards the shore 0
- noun roller a hardened cylinder of precision-ground steel that forms one of the rolling components of a roller bearing or of a linked driving chain 0
- noun roller a cylinder fitted on pivots, used to enable heavy objects to be easily moved; castor 0
- noun roller a cylinder, usually of hard rubber, used to ink a forme or plate before impression 0
- noun roller a cylindrical tube or barrel onto which material is rolled for transport or storage 0
- noun roller any of various other cylindrical devices that rotate about a cylinder, used for any of various purposes 0
- noun roller a small cylinder, esp one that is heated, onto which a woman's hair may be rolled to make it curl 0
- noun roller a bandage consisting of a long strip of muslin or cheesecloth rolled tightly into a cylindrical form before application 0
- noun roller a band fastened around a horse's belly to keep a blanket in position 0
- noun roller 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) 0
- noun roller a variety of tumbler pigeon that performs characteristic backward somersaults in flight 0
- noun roller a breed of canary that has a soft trilling song in which the notes are run together 0
- noun roller a person or thing that rolls 0
- noun roller a man who rolls and trims fleeces after shearing 0
- noun roller a person or thing that rolls (in various senses) 0
- noun roller any of various rolling cylinders or wheels 0
- noun roller a cylinder of metal, wood, etc. over which something is rolled for easier movement 0
- noun roller a cylinder on which something is rolled up or wound 0
- noun roller a heavy cylinder of metal, stone, etc. used to crush or smooth something 0
- noun roller a cylinder covered with a napped fabric, fixed on a tool with a handle and used for applying paint 0
- noun roller a cylinder, usually of hard rubber, for spreading ink on the form just before the paper is impressed 0
- noun roller a long bandage in a roll 0
- noun roller a heavy, swelling wave that breaks on the shoreline 0
- noun roller any of various birds that roll (in various senses) 0
- noun roller any of a family (Coraciidae) of Old World, tropical coraciiform birds that roll and tumble in flight, as the Eurasian roller (Coracias garrulus) 0
- noun roller a canary that rolls, or trills, its notes 0
- adjective roller of or having to do with roller skating 0