roller
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a grounder that rolls along the infield
Types & categories
- grounder hypernym
Sense 2 noun
a long heavy sea wave as it advances towards the shore
Types & categories
- wave hypernym
Related & opposite
- flap derivation
Sense 3 noun
a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate)
Types & categories
Parts & wholes
- roller skate part holonym
Related & opposite
- roll derivation
Sense 4 noun
a cylinder that revolves
Types & categories
- cylinder hypernym
- garden roller hyponym
- paint roller hyponym
- platen hyponym
- sprocket hyponym
- trundle hyponym
Parts & wholes
- roller blind part holonym
Related & opposite
- roll derivation
Sense 5 noun
a mechanical device consisting of a cylindrical tube around which the hair is wound to curl it
a woman with her head full of curlers is not a pretty sight
Types & categories
- mechanical device hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 6 noun
Old World bird that tumbles or rolls in flight; related to kingfishers
Types & categories
- coraciiform bird hypernym
- European roller hyponym
- ground roller hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Coraciidae member holonym
Sense 7 noun
pigeon that executes backward somersaults in flight or on the ground
Types & categories
- domestic pigeon hypernym
Related & opposite
- tumble derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | grounder |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | flap |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | wave |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | roll |
| 3 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | roller skate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | wheel |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | castor |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | roll |
| 4 | part holonym | Parts & wholes | roller blind |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | cylinder |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | garden roller |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | paint roller |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | platen |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | sprocket |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | trundle |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | wave |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | twine |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | mechanical device |
| 6 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Coraciidae |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | coraciiform bird |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | European roller |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | ground roller |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | tumble |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | domestic pigeon |