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rollers

Definitions, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for rollers.

Editorial note

A community with high sarcasm levels is like a room full of eye-rollers—not a great place for conversation.

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Definitions4
Parts of speech1

Quick take

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of rollers gathered in one view.

noun

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

noun

A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.

noun

A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for rollers.

noun

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

noun

A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.

noun

A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.

noun

A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.

Example sentences

1

A community with high sarcasm levels is like a room full of eye-rollers—not a great place for conversation.

2

Foam rollers, big rubber bands that you walk sideways in, and sideways leg raises/circles, if you're curious.

3

The more people use GitHub for free, the more likely high-rollers are to pay for GitHub.

4

Inexplicably, it reminds me of those shoes with rollers in the heels...not exactly useful, but so much fun that that it's irresistible.

5

Then have ball rollers on the floor of the plane for moving the containers.

6

Buy a bunch of packing tape and one of the tape rollers ($10-$20) 3.

7

Even if there aren't any rollers, the tube still needs to re-bend itself somehow.

8

But those rollers would have to grip onto something in order to do that.

9

It doesn't seem like rollers could dynamically bend the steel all along the 175 mile track in order to carry the expansion.

10

Essentially they would take up the slack and actively push it to the end stations, counteracting the friction from the passive rollers.

11

I'd imagine there's magnets in the sphere and head, and the head has powerered wheels/rollers as well.

12

It doesn't have a huge table surface, but the height is adjustable and it has rollers if I want to move it around (a feature I use every day).

Quote examples

1

Did you see the if there were any rollers?" Me (mental response): "No (I didn't want to use the paintbrush).

2

I have a feeling some sort of active control (basically just motorized rollers) will be needed every couple of miles to prevent "sun kinks".

3

Yes (I did see the rollers) but they looked bad".

4

Since it's off-center, usually a bunch of holes (theoretically also of radius C, I think?) are drilled in B and filled with "output rollers" which connect to one single shaft which is on-center relative to C.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use rollers in a sentence?

A community with high sarcasm levels is like a room full of eye-rollers—not a great place for conversation.

What does rollers mean?

Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.

What part of speech is rollers?

rollers is commonly used as noun.