ро́лик — meaning in English

English meaning

• caster noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
• 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.
• roller noun Any cylindrical device that turns, used to apply pressure, flatten, or move something.
• video noun Recorded moving pictures, with or without sound, that can be played back on a screen.

Senses

ро́лик is used for these senses in English:

• caster (automotive) The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.
• cylinder An early form of phonograph recording, made on a wax cylinder.
• roll One of a set of revolving cylinders, or rollers, between which metal is pressed, formed, or smoothed, as in a rolling mill.
• roller (heading) Anything that rolls.
• roller skate A boot having small wheels or casters attached to its sole; used for roller skating.
• sheave A wheel having a groove in the rim for a rope to work in, and set in a block, mast, or similar; the wheel of a pulley.
• trundle (obsolete) A small wheel or roller.
• video A short film clip, with or without audio (as in a music video, or one of the plethora of user-generated short movies on sites such as YouTube).

caster — full definition

1. noun A small swivelling wheel fixed to the underside of furniture or equipment so it can roll.
2. noun A small container with a perforated top for sprinkling sugar, salt, or other condiments.
3. noun Someone or something that casts, in the sense of throwing or shaping.

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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