Meaning

26 senses
  1. Anything that rolls.

    Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

    валval

  2. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.

  3. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.

  4. A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.

  5. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.

    ва́ликválik

  6. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.

  7. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.

    a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it

  8. A roller towel.

  9. A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.

    a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)

  10. A rolling element inside a roller bearing: a small cylinder or sphere of metal.

  11. One of a set of rolling cylinders allowing a rider to practise balance while training indoors.

  12. Any insect whose larva rolls up leaves, especially those in family Tortricidae.

Examples

76 sentences
  1. Can we roller-skate in this park?

    Ми можемо покататися на роликах у цьому парку?

    ruВ этом парке можно кататься на роликах?

    deKönnen wir in diesem Park Rollschuh fahren?

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  2. Let's go roller skating.

    Ходімо кататися на роликах.

    ruПойдём кататься на роликах.

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  3. Tom went roller skating with Mary.

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  4. Why don't we go roller skating?

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  5. I got the roller skates for nothing.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 5
anything that rolls:
tool for applying paint or ink:
large, wide, curling wave:
roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed:
bird of the family Coraciidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
roller pigeon that somersaults backwards at high speed:
bird of the family Coraciidae:

Origin

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.

* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er.

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Forms

plural: rollers
Singularroller
Pluralrollers

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
paint rollerrolling paint brushrolling brush
Close in meaning

Word family

66 related words

Collocations

4 patterns
  • roller skating
  • roller coaster
  • go roller skating
  • go roller

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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