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Walze — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • barrel noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  • cylinder noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
  • roll verb To move by turning over and over on a surface.

Senses

Walze is used for these senses in English:

  • barrel (surfing) A wave that breaks with a hollow compartment.
  • road roller A heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads.
  • roll A heavy cylinder used to break clods.
  • roll One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.

barrel — full definition

  1. noun A large, round wooden or metal container, usually bulging in the middle, used to store liquids or other goods.
  2. noun A unit of volume, especially for measuring oil.
  3. noun The long metal tube of a gun through which a bullet travels.
  4. verb To move very fast, often in an uncontrolled way.

cylinder — full definition

  1. noun A solid or hollow object with straight parallel sides and a circular cross-section, like a tube or a can.
  2. noun The chamber in an engine in which a piston moves back and forth.
  3. noun A container shaped like a tube used to hold pressurized gas.

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