caster

English

Casters on a chair (def. 2)

Alternative forms

• castor

Etymology

From cast (obsolete) "to turn"

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɑːstə(r)

Noun

caster (plural casters)

1. Someone or something that casts

   a caster of spells; a caster of stones

2. 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
   • (sometimes) a swivel which allows the caster to rotate for steering

   Many office chairs roll on a set of casters.

3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

   a set of casters

4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

Translations

wheeled assembly

• Bulgarian: колелце (bg) (kolelcé) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 輪腳 (cmn), 轮脚 (cmn) (lúnjiǎo)

• Finnish: kalustepyörä (fi), huonekalupyörä (fi), rullapyörä (fi), pyörä (fi)
• French: roulette (fr) f

• German: Rollfuß (de) m, Castor-Rad (de) n, Lenkrolle (de) f
• Japanese: キャスター (ja) (kyasutā)
• Polish: koło kastora (pl) n
• Russian: колёсико (ru) (koljósiko) n, ролик (ru) (rólik) m
• Slovene: kolešček (sl) m

shaker with perforated top

• Bulgarian: солница (bg) (sólnica) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 調味瓶 (cmn), 调味瓶 (cmn) (tiáowèi píng)

• Finnish: sirotin (fi)
• German: Streuer (de) m

• Japanese: 薬味入れ (ja) (やくみいれ, yakumiire)
• Polish: pieprzniczka (pl) f (pepper-castor), solniczka (pl) f (salt shaker)
• Russian: перечница (ru) (pérečnica) f (pepper-castor), солонка (ru) (solónka) f (salt shaker)
• Swedish: ströare (sv)

See also

• caster angle
• caster sugar

Anagrams

• acters, carest, carets, caters, crates, reacts, recast, traces