name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
caster
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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rhymes with -æstə(ɹ)
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/
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Australian, New-Zealand, UK: /ˈkæstə(ɹ)/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Canada, General-American: /ˈkæstɚ/
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homophone: castor
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rhymes with -ɑːstə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AE1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Someone or something that casts.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a caster of spells
- a caster of stones
- a caster of bronze statuary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: casterwheel
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a set of casters
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cruet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cruet
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: automotive, transport, vehicles
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To act as a caster
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 8
a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: roller
noun
Meaning 9
a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: castor
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: shaker
noun
Meaning 10
a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kas- Proto-Germanic *kastōną Old Norse kastabor. Middle English casten English cast Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English caster From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).
Across languages
Translations
68 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: леяр (lejar) — someone or something that casts
- Finnish: heittäjä — someone or something that casts
- Finnish: heitin — someone or something that casts
- Finnish: valaja — someone or something that casts
- Finnish: valuri — someone or something that casts
- Hungarian: hajító — someone or something that casts
- Hungarian: vető — someone or something that casts
- Hungarian: öntő — someone or something that casts
- Italian: lanciatore m lanciatrice — someone or something that casts
- Italian: incantatore m incantatrice — someone or something that casts
- Norwegian Bokmål: kaster — someone or something that casts
- Armenian: հոլովակ (holovak) — wheeled assembly
- Bulgarian: колелце́ (kolelcé) — wheeled assembly
- Chinese Mandarin: 輪腳 /轮脚 (lúnjiǎo) — wheeled assembly
- Danish: hjul — wheeled assembly
- Danish: møbelhjul — wheeled assembly
- Finnish: kalustepyörä — wheeled assembly
- Finnish: huonekalupyörä — wheeled assembly
- Finnish: rullapyörä — wheeled assembly
- Finnish: pyörä — wheeled assembly
- French: roulette — wheeled assembly
- German: Rollfuß — wheeled assembly
- German: Castor-Rad — wheeled assembly
- German: Lenkrolle — wheeled assembly
- Greek: καρούλι (karoúli) — wheeled assembly
- Hungarian: görgő — wheeled assembly
- Italian: montaggio su ruote — wheeled assembly
- Japanese: キャスター (kyasutā) — wheeled assembly
- Polish: koło kastora — wheeled assembly
- Portuguese: rodízio — wheeled assembly
- Russian: колёсико (koljósiko) — wheeled assembly
- Russian: ро́лик (rólik) — wheeled assembly
- Slovene: kolešček — wheeled assembly
- Spanish: rueda — wheeled assembly
- Spanish: ruedita — wheeled assembly
- Spanish: ruedecita — wheeled assembly
- Spanish: rueda giratoria — wheeled assembly
- Swedish: trissa — wheeled assembly
- Bulgarian: со́лница (sólnica) — shaker with perforated top
- Chinese Mandarin: 調味瓶 /调味瓶 (tiáowèi píng) — shaker with perforated top
- Danish: strødåse — shaker with perforated top
- Danish: saltbøsse — shaker with perforated top
- Danish: peberbøsse — shaker with perforated top
- Finnish: sirotin — shaker with perforated top
- German: Streuer — shaker with perforated top
- Hungarian: szóró — shaker with perforated top
- Hungarian: sószóró — shaker with perforated top
- Hungarian: sótartó — shaker with perforated top
- Irish: croiteoir — shaker with perforated top
- Irish: ceanastar — shaker with perforated top
- Italian: spargisale — shaker with perforated top
- Italian: saliera — shaker with perforated top
- Italian: pepiera — shaker with perforated top
- Italian: spargipepe — shaker with perforated top
- Japanese: 薬味入れ (yakumiire) — shaker with perforated top
- Norwegian Bokmål: bøsse — shaker with perforated top
- Norwegian Nynorsk: bøsse — shaker with perforated top
- Norwegian Nynorsk: børse — shaker with perforated top
- Polish: pieprzniczka — shaker with perforated top
- Polish: solniczka — shaker with perforated top
- Russian: пе́речница (pérečnica) — shaker with perforated top
- Russian: соло́нка (solónka) — shaker with perforated top
- Spanish: salero — shaker with perforated top
- Spanish: azucarera — shaker with perforated top
- Swedish: ströare — shaker with perforated top
- Spanish: cáster — (automotive)
- Spanish: ángulo de lanzamiento — (automotive)
- Spanish: lanzamiento — (automotive)
Real reading context