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caster.

Someone or something that casts.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/Australia, New-Zealand, UK/ˈkæstə(ɹ)/Australia, New-Zealand, UK/ˈkæstɚ/Canada, General-American
  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), and 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.

  5. 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.

Where this word comes from

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”).

verb/ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/Australia, New-Zealand, UK/ˈkæstə(ɹ)/Australia, New-Zealand, UK/ˈkæstɚ/Canada, General-American
  1. To act as a caster (wheeled assembly).

Where this word comes from

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”).

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