Phrase guide

road roller

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt in the construction of roads.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steamroller

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: steamroller

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: vehicle

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

50 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مِحْدَلَة (miḥdala) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Arabic: مِدْحَلَة (midḥala) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Armenian: գլդոն (gldon) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Belarusian: като́к (katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Belarusian: даро́жны като́к (daróžny katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Bulgarian: валяк (valjak) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Catalan: piconadora — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Chinese Mandarin: 壓路機 /压路机 (yālùjī) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Czech: vibrační válec — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Czech: válec — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Dutch: stoomwals — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Dutch: pletwals — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Esperanto: ŝoserulo — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Estonian: teerull — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Finnish: tiejyrä — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • French: rouleau compresseur — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • German: Walze — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • German: Straßenwalze — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Greek: οδοστρωτήρας (odostrotíras) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Hungarian: úthenger — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Icelandic: valtari — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Italian: rullo compressore — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Japanese: ロードローラー (rōdorōrā) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Japanese: 締固め用機械 (shimegatameyō kikai) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Kazakh: каток (katok) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Korean: 로드 롤러 (rodeu rolleo) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Macedonian: ва́лјак (váljak) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Mongolian: замын индүү — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: vals — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: valse — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Norwegian Bokmål: veivals — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: vals — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: valse — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Polish: walec — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Polish: walec drogowy — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Portuguese: rolo compressor — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Russian: като́к (katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Russian: доро́жный като́к (doróžnyj katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Slovak: vibračný valec — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Slovak: valec — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Spanish: aplanadora — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Spanish: apisonadora — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Spanish: compactadora — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Spanish: compactador — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Tamil: உருளை (uruḷai) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Ukrainian: като́к (katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Ukrainian: доро́жній като́к (doróžnij katók) — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Vietnamese: máy lu — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Vietnamese: xe lu — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt
  • Vietnamese: hủ lô — heavy engineering vehicle used to compact asphalt