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Meaning of 'roller'
Meaning of 'roller' (Webster Dictionary)
1. Roller 
[ n.]
- One who, or that which, rolls; especially, a cylinder,
sometimes grooved, of wood, stone, metal, etc., used in husbandry and
the arts. [ n.]- A bandage; a fillet; properly, a long and broad bandage used in surgery.
- One of series of long, heavy waves which roll in upon a coast, sometimes in calm weather.
- A long, belt-formed towel, to be suspended on a rolling cylinder; -- called also roller towel.
- 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.
- A long cylinder on which something is rolled up; as, the roller of a man.
- A small wheel, as of a caster, a roller skate, etc.
- ANy insect whose larva rolls up leaves; a leaf roller. see Tortrix.
- Any one of numerous species of Old World picarian birds of the family Coraciadae. The name alludes to their habit of suddenly turning over or "tumbling" in flight.
- Any species of small ground snakes of the family Tortricidae.
Meaning of 'roller' (Princeton's WordNet)
1. roller [ n]
[ n]Meaning (1):
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
- a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
Example in sentence:
- a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
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