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Definition of Roller
1. Noun. A grounder that rolls along the infield.
2. Noun. A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore.
3. Noun. A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate).
Group relationships: Roller Skate
Generic synonyms: Wheel
Derivative terms: Roll
4. Noun. A cylinder that revolves.
Group relationships: Roller Blind
Generic synonyms: Cylinder
Derivative terms: Roll
5. Noun. 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"
Generic synonyms: Mechanical Device
Derivative terms: Curl, Roll
6. Noun. Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers.
Group relationships: Coraciidae, Family Coraciidae
Specialized synonyms: Coracias Garrulus, European Roller, Ground Roller
7. Noun. Pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground.
Definition of Roller
1. n. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and the arts.
Definition of Roller
1. Proper noun. (slang) A Rolls-Royce car ¹
2. Noun. anything that rolls ¹
3. Noun. any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure ¹
4. Noun. (cricket) a heavy rolling device used to flatten the surface of the pitch ¹
5. Noun. a large, wide, curling wave that falls back on itself as it breaks on a coast ¹
6. Noun. a cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink ¹
7. Noun. an agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth ¹
8. Noun. a bread or variety of roller pigeon that rolls (i.e. tumbles or somersaults) backwards (cf. Penson roller, Birmingham roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon, English Short Faced Tumbler, English Long Faced Tumbler) ¹
9. Noun. any of various aggressive birds, of the family ''Coraciidae'', having bright blue wings and hooked beaks ¹
10. Noun. (also written Roller) a car made by Rolls-Royce ¹
11. Noun. the police (old blues slang) ¹
12. Noun. a padded surcingle that is used on horses for training and vaulting ¹
13. Noun. (context: TV film) A roll of titles or (especially) credits played over film or video; television or film credits. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Roller
1. a cylindrical device that rolls or rotates [n -S]
Medical Definition of Roller
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1. One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder, sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc, used in husbandry and the arts.
2. A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
3. One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
4. A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; called also roller towel.
5. 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. A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
7. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
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