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roller

/ˈɹoʊlɚ/ sustantivo B2

En español: rodillo, carraca

  1. Any rotating cylindrical device that is part of a machine, especially one used to apply or reduce pressure.
  2. A cylindrical (or approximately cylindrical) item used under a heavy object to facilitate moving it; usually several are needed.
  3. A person who rolls something, such as cigars or molten metal.
  4. A large rolling device used to flatten a grass surface; commonly in relation to a cricket pitch.
  5. A cylindrical tool for applying paint or ink.
  6. An agricultural machine used for flattening land and breaking up lumps of earth.
  7. One of a set of small cylindrical tubes used to curl hair.
  8. A roller towel.

Plural rollers

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De la biblioteca

“It is a wonderful place, the moor,” said he, looking round over the undulating downs, long green rollers, with crests of jagged granite foaming up into fantastic surges.
The Hound of the Baskervilles, p. 81 · C1
In the centre of the room was a Roller and Blanchet “baby grand” piano in rosewood, but holding the potentialities of an orchestra in its narrow and sonorous cavity, and groaning beneath the weight of the chefs-d’œuvre of Beethoven, Weber, Mozart, Haydn, Grétry, and Porpora.
The Count of Monte Cristo, p. 425 · C1

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