roller
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)
Roller
roller
Noun
1. a grounder that rolls along the infield
(hypernym) grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper
2. a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
(synonym) roll, rolling wave
(hypernym) wave, moving ridge
(derivation) roll, undulate, flap, wave
3. a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
(hypernym) wheel
(hyponym) caster, castor
(part-holonym) roller skate
(derivation) roll, turn over
4. a cylinder that revolves
(hypernym) cylinder
(hyponym) garden roller
(part-holonym) roller blind
(derivation) roll, turn over
5. 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"
(synonym) curler, hair curler, crimper
(hypernym) mechanical device
(derivation) wind, wrap, roll, twine
6. Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
(hypernym) coraciiform bird
(hyponym) European roller, Coracias garrulus
(member-holonym) Coraciidae, family Coraciidae
7. pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
(synonym) tumbler, tumbler pigeon
(hypernym) domestic pigeon
Roller (der)
n.
scooter, two-wheeled motor vehicle similar to a motorcycle; two-wheeled children's vehicle resembling a skateboard with a handlebar; breaker, roller, large wave, wave that breaks into foam
roller (m)
n.
roller