Caster

/ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/ · noun

Meaning

Someone or something that casts..

Definitions by Sense

1. Someone or something that casts.
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).
3. A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
4. A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
5. (automotive) 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.
6. To act as a caster

Example Sentences

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; […]

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Word Forms

• casters
• castor
• castering
• castered

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