ROLLER


Meaning of ROLLER in English

noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

high roller

roller blind

roller coaster

Their relationship was an emotional roller coaster.

roller skate

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADJECTIVE

heated

While her hair was set in large heated rollers to give fullness, Lizzie set to work on Angela's make-up.

These wax-filled heated rollers have soft rubber surface which means they are gentle and kind to hair.

Try not to use heated rollers , styler or dryer every day.

Constant use of hairdryers and heated rollers takes its toll.

Then you can either blow dry or use heated rollers or tongs.

If you are using heated rollers , make sure they and your hair are completely cold before you remove them.

Use styling products that are designed to add volume and try experimenting with heated rollers to add body and waves.

Hot Pressed paper pass through a set of heated rollers after sheet formation to give them a smooth, plate finish.

high

Locals claim this will attract high rollers and sharks eager to buy them out and take profits elsewhere.

I loved watching the teams pull the six-foot-\#high rollers .

The precision high speed cutting rollers are also to be protected from potentially damaging metal fragments by metal detectors.

That could break even a high roller like Baltimore owner Peter Angelos.

■ NOUN

blind

Most blinds other than a roller blind will screen out too much light.

This idea works equally well as a blind pull on roller blinds.

coaster

I know people who like to lean over the edge of observation towers or ride the tallest roller coasters without holding on.

When you buy stock in a company, you are volunteering to ride the roller coaster of risk and rewards.

Soon the road resembles a roller coaster track.

All entrepreneurs do it from time to time, just as you would on a roller coaster .

This powerful range of feelings, this emotional roller coaster , is normal.

He wondered at roller coasters , Ferris wheels.

Big Thunder is weak as roller coasters go with no steep drops or loops.

skate

She follows a man on roller skates and disappears off round Oxford on her own.

All we do is dance and roller skate .&038;.

There were kids everywhere in heavy coats, girls carrying roller skates , posse boys in hats carrying sticks.

■ VERB

use

Try not to use heated rollers , styler or dryer every day.

Then you can either blow dry or use heated rollers or tongs.

We used large rollers on the top of the head and switched to the medium size at the back.

If you are using heated rollers , make sure they and your hair are completely cold before you remove them.

The rolls are used on the roller bars fitted to the projector.

Painting has all been achieved using a roller with a mixture prepared by a Derby company.

Any of these could be used as rollers but only the circle has a constant centre, permitting a hub.

In consequence of his success, mills using both stones and rollers were built in Britain from the 1860s.

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

Booming rollers crashed on the beach.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

A small steam roller with a vertical boiler between twin rollers was used in Penge and Anerley.

I know people who like to lean over the edge of observation towers or ride the tallest roller coasters without holding on.

Once your rollers are in place, set with a light fixing spray for a long-lasting result that has shine without stickiness.

Relate to hypothetical activity of roller , grinder, sieves and mill, he wrote.

This powerful range of feelings, this emotional roller coaster, is normal.

Together they pulled back the high door, which despite its rustic appearance, ran smoothly on well-greased and balanced rollers.

What: A short, mild roller coaster aimed at children.

When you buy stock in a company, you are volunteering to ride the roller coaster of risk and rewards.

Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary.      Дополнительный английский словарь Longman DOCE5.