roller

  • 41Roller — Recorded as Rawler, Rowler, Roller, Rollier, Rouller, Roullier, the patronymics Rowlerson and Rolinson, and no doubt others, this is an unusual surname. It is almost certainly of French in origin, of which it probably has two. According to the… …

    Surnames reference

  • 42roller — rol·ler s.m.inv. ES ingl. {{wmetafile0}} penna a sfera con un particolare inchiostro liquido che rende la scrittura particolarmente scorrevole {{line}} {{/line}} DATA: sec. XX. ETIMO: accorc. di rollerball, comp. di roller rullo, cilindro e ball… …

    Dizionario italiano

  • 43Roller — Rọl·ler der; s, ; 1 ein Fahrzeug für Kinder, das zwei Räder, einen Lenker und ein Brett hat, auf dem man steht <Roller fahren> 2 Kurzw ↑Motorroller …

    Langenscheidt Großwörterbuch Deutsch als Fremdsprache

  • 44roller — A shipment (usually a truckload or carload) that has been shipped, but not yet sold; e.g., a carlot of California peaches may be loaded and set off for New York without having been sold to anyone there. Shippers may be motivated by hopes that the …

    Combined glossary of agriculture

  • 45roller — [[t]ro͟ʊlə(r)[/t]] rollers 1) N COUNT A roller is a cylinder that turns round in a machine or device. 2) N COUNT Rollers are hollow tubes that women roll their hair round in order to make it curly. Syn: curler …

    English dictionary

  • 46roller — roll·er || rəʊlÉ™(r) n. person or thing that rolls; heavy cylindrical tool used to flatten or compress (i.e. steamroller); large sea wave; cylindrical object around which a material is wrapped (i.e. hair roller) …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 47roller — noun 1》 a cylinder that rotates about a central axis and is used in various machines and devices to move, flatten, or spread something. 2》 a small cylinder around which hair is rolled in order to produce curls. 3》 (also roller bandage) a long… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 48roller — noun (C) 1 a tube shaped piece of wood, metal etc that can be rolled over and over, used in a machine for crushing, printing etc 2 a large tube shaped piece of stone, metal etc that you roll over the surface of grass or roads to make them smooth …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 49Roller — Rolle: Das seit dem 14. Jh. bezeugte Wort (mhd. rolle, rulle) bedeutete zunächst speziell »kleines Rad, kleine Scheibe oder Walze«, dann allgemeiner »rollenförmiger Gegenstand«. Daran schließen sich die im Laufe der Zeit entwickelten übertragenen …

    Das Herkunftswörterbuch

  • 50roller — /ˈroʊlə / (say rohluh) noun 1. someone or something that rolls. 2. a cylinder, wheel, or the like, upon which something is rolled along. 3. a cylindrical body, revolving on a fixed axis, especially one to facilitate the movement of something… …