Caster

Definitions

1. Someone or something that casts.
2. A surname.
3. A wheeled assembly attached to a larger object at its base to facilitate rolling. A caster usually consists of a wheel (which may be plastic, a hard elastomer, or metal), an axle, a mounting provision (usually a stem, flange, or plate), and sometimes a swivel (which allows the caster to rotate for steering).
4. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
5. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
6. The angle of the axis around which a car's front wheels rotate when the steering wheel is turned, with a vertical axis being defined as zero caster.

Equivalents

22 more languages

العربيةالمذرة

Bosanskiveto

Danskhjul

Ελληνικάκαρούλι

Suomiheitinheittäjähuonekalupyöräkalustepyöräpyörärullapyöräsirotinvalajavaluri+ 6 more

Gaeilgeceanastar

Hrvatskiveto

Magyargörgőöntősótartószóróvető+ 2 more

Հայերենհոլովակ

Italianoincantatore m incantatricelanciatore m lanciatricemontaggio su ruotepepierasalieraspargipepespargisale+ 4 more

日本語キャスター薬味入れ

한국어주형공

Kurdîveto

Latinaflator

Polskiformierzpieprzniczkasolniczka

Portuguêsrodízio

Русскийколёсикопе́речницароликсолонка+ 1 more

Српскиveto

Svenskaströaretrissa

ไทยช่างหล่อล้อ

Türkçedökmeci

Українськаролик

Examples

“a caster of spells”

“a caster of stones”

“a caster of bronze statuary”

“She’s never seen a hired man without Anna to command him. He’s eerie as a shadow without its caster.”

“Many office chairs roll on a set⟳ of casters.”

“I have⟳ my own⟳ phone, an electric typewriter and a lovely chair with casters. The floor is carpeted, the lighting is very adequate.”

“a set⟳ of casters”

“Your waiter having settled that point⟳, returns to array your tablecloth, with a table napkin folded cocked-hat-wise (slowly, for something out of window engages his eye), a white wine-glass, a green wine-glass, a blue finger-glass, a tumbler, and a powerful field battery of fourteen casters with nothing in them; […]”

“She could keep⟳ cool and collected while she collected your check, give⟳ you the correct⟳ change⟳, win⟳ your heart, indicate⟳ the toothpick stand⟳, and rate you to a quarter of a cent better than Bradstreet could to a thousand in less time than it takes to pepper an egg with one of Hinkle’s casters.”

“In addition, caster helps to reduce⟳ steering effort and to return⟳ the steering wheel to the center position after a turn⟳.”

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