caster

Plural: casters

Noun

• a worker who casts molten metal into finished products
• a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar
• a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable
• Someone or something that casts.
• 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).
• A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
• A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.
• 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.
• pl. -S a small, swiveling wheel

Verb

• To act as a caster

Examples

• "a caster of bronze statuary"
• "a caster of spells"
• "a caster of stones"
• "a set of casters"
• "Many office chairs roll on a set of casters."

Synonyms

castor, cruet

Related Words

caster angle, caster sugar