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roller

/ˈrəʊlə(r)/noun

उच्चारण रोलर

बेलन, रोलर

Core word

noun
  1. 1

    [C]

    a piece of wood, metal or plastic shaped like a tube, that turns round and round and is used in a machine, for moving things or for making something flat

    बेलन, रोलर

    • The heavy box was moved on rollers.
    • a road roller
    • The conveyor belt moves along a series of metal rollers.
    + 2 more examples
    • Workers used rollers to slide the heavy machine into the factory.
    • The printing press has two large rollers that spread the ink.

    Synonyms cylinder drum barrel

  2. 2

    [C]

    a tool with a tube-shaped part covered in soft material, used for painting walls

    (पेंट करने का) रोलर

    • It is quicker to paint the ceiling with a roller than with a brush.
    • Radhika used a roller to paint the wall in half the time.
    • We painted the whole living room in one afternoon with a roller.
    + 2 more examples
    • Use a roller for the walls and a small brush for the corners.
    • Suresh dipped the roller in the paint tray and began on the ceiling.
  3. 3

    [C]

    a small plastic tube that you wrap hair around to make it curl

    (बाल घुंघराले करने का) रोलर

    • She had her hair in rollers.
    • She slept with rollers in her hair so that she would have curls for the wedding.
    • Her grandmother still puts her hair in rollers every Sunday.
    + 2 more examples
    • Foam rollers are gentle on the hair and easy to sleep in.
    • A row of pink rollers was lying on the dressing table.

    Synonyms curler

  4. 4

    [C]

    a long large wave in the sea

    (समुद्र की) बड़ी लहर

    • Huge rollers crashed onto the beach.
    • Surfers waited for the big rollers coming in from the ocean.
    • Rollers from the Arabian Sea battered the sea wall all night.
    + 2 more examples
    • The surfers waited for a good roller to ride back to the shore.
    • Long, slow rollers moved across the bay after the storm.

    Synonyms wave breaker billow

◇Word family
roll verb
≈Synonyms and antonyms

Synonyms

cylinder drum barrel curler wave breaker billow

§Grammar and usage

A roller coaster is a fairground ride, and is also used for a situation that keeps changing very quickly, as in 'an emotional roller coaster'.

Roller coaster मेले का एक झूला है, और इसका प्रयोग ऐसी स्थिति के लिए भी होता है जो बहुत तेज़ी से बदलती रहे, जैसे 'an emotional roller coaster'।