noun

roller

ROH-luh

noun

Any cylindrical device that turns, used to apply pressure, flatten, or move something.

"He spread the paint evenly with a roller."

"A heavy roller flattened the cricket pitch before play."

A small wheel or cylinder used to carry or curl something, as in roller skates or hair rollers.

"She put her hair in rollers before the party."

How to Use Roller

Learner’s notes

In plain EnglishA cylindrical tool or wheel that rolls — used for painting, flattening surfaces, curling hair, or moving heavy objects.

Common pairings

paint roller roller skate hair roller

rollered past tense, rollers plural, Rollers plural, rollers singular

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From Middle English rollere, formed from roll plus the agent suffix -er.

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