caster

Meaning

Noun

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. 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.

Verb

To act as a caster

Synonyms

castor

founder

shaker

foundry hand

roller

wheel

🛞

moulder

pitcher

kingpin angle

rowel

sender

flange

thrower

troche

trundle

type caster

foundryman

swivel wheel

type-casting machine

king pin inclination

king pin angle

foundry work

molder

Translations

Streuer

vaciador

roulette

Rollfuß

Laufrolle

Radnachlauf

rodeta

rutlla

Salzstreuer

Rolle

brida

positiver Nachlauf

Pfefferstreuer

Nachlauf

vorell

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/

Etymology

From cast + -er; the wheel sense comes from obsolete cast (“to turn”).