roller
/ˈɹoʊlɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.99 in modern English
6
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
4
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The deposit of color on the stone is transmitted to the metal by the lithographic roller the same as for paper."
- "The cable used for hauling the wagons on the incline may still be seen, but several of the guiding rollers have disappeared."
- "He threw a beautiful roller that cut the corner perfectly and stopped just outside the circle."
- "He and Gerald usually challenged the rollers in a sponson canoe when Gerald was there for the weekend ; or, when Lansing came down, the two took long swims seaward or cruised about in Gerald's dory, clad in their swimming-suits ; and Selwyn's youth became renewed in a manner almost ridiculous,[…]."
- "A road that runs due west from Dale passes the village church and Dale Castle, and a footpath continues to Westdale Bay, a sandy beach used by surfers when the westerlies send great rollers crashing in from the Atlantic."
- "In such places I found a good many birds, among which were the fine cream-coloured pigeon, Carpophaga luctuosa, and the rare blue-headed roller, Coracias temmincki, which has a most discordant voice, and generally goes in pairs, flying from tree to tree, and exhibiting while at rest that all-in-a-heap appearance and jerking motion of the head and tail which are so characteristic of the great Fissirostral group to which it belongs."
Etymology
* From Middle English rollere, equivalent to roll + -er. * (credits in TV or film): These were originally printed on a physical cylinder that was rotated in front of the camera.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: rollere
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈɹoʊlɚ/
- British English: /ˈɹəʊlə/