| NOUN | act | roller | a grounder that rolls along the infield |
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| event | roller, roll, rolling wave | a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore | |
| artifact | roller | a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate) | |
| artifact | roller | a cylinder that revolves | |
| artifact | roller, curler, hair curler, crimper | a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it | |
| animal | roller | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight | |
| animal | roller, tumbler, tumbler pigeon | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground |
| Sounds | row'ler | |
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| Rhymes | alveolar ... Ziegler: 240 rhymes with ler... | |
| Meaning | A grounder that rolls along the infield. | |
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| Broader | grounder, ground ball, groundball, hopper | (baseball) a hit that travels along the ground |
| Meaning | A long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore. | |
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| Synonyms | roll, rolling wave | |
| Broader | wave, moving ridge | One of a series of ridges that moves across the surface of a liquid / liquid (especially across a large body of water) |
| Spanish | ola grande, ola larga | |
| Verbs | roll | move in a wavy pattern or with a rising and falling motion |
| Meaning | A small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate). | |
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| Part of | roller skate | A shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole |
| Narrower | caster, castor | A pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable |
| Broader | wheel | A simple machine consisting of a circular frame with spokes (or a solid disc) that can rotate on a shaft or axle (as in vehicles or other machines) |
| Verbs | roll | move by turning over or rotating |
| Meaning | A cylinder that revolves. | |
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| Part of | roller blind | A window shade that rolls up out of the way |
| Narrower | garden roller | Heavy cast-iron cylinder used to flatten lawns |
| paint roller | A roller that has an absorbent surface used for spreading paint | |
| platen | The roller on a typewriter against which the keys strike | |
| sprocket | roller that has teeth on the rims to pull film or paper through | |
| trundle | small wheel or roller | |
| Broader | cylinder | A solid bounded by a cylindrical surface and two parallel planes (the bases) |
| Spanish | rodillo | |
| Catalan | corró, rodet | |
| Verbs | roll | move by turning over or rotating |
| Meaning | A mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it. | |
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| Synonyms | curler, hair curler, crimper | |
| Broader | mechanical device | mechanism consisting of a device that works on mechanical principles |
| Spanish | bigudí, chicho, rulo | |
| Catalan | bigudí, rul·lo | |
| Verbs | roll | arrange or or coil around |
| Meaning | Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers. | |
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| Member of | Coraciidae, family Coraciidae | rollers |
| Narrower | European roller, Coracias garrulus | Common European blue-and-green roller with a reddish-brown back |
| ground roller | Madagascan roller with terrestrial / terrestrial and crepuscular habits that feeds on e.g. insects and worms | |
| Broader | coraciiform bird | chiefly short-legged arboreal nonpasserine birds that nest in holes |
| Spanish | carraca | |
| Catalan | coràcid | |
| Meaning | pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground. | |
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| Synonyms | tumbler, tumbler pigeon | |
| Broader | domestic pigeon | domesticated pigeon raised for sport or food |
| Spanish | paloma tumbler, volteadora | |
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