CASTER

caster, castor

(noun) a pivoting roller attached to the bottom of furniture or trucks or portable machines to make them movable

caster, castor

(noun) a shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling powdered sugar

caster

(noun) a worker who casts molten metal into finished products

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Proper noun

Caster (plural Casters)

A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Caster is the 10041st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3208 individuals. Caster is most common among White (79.77%) and Black/African American (13.4%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reƤcts, traces

Etymology

Noun

caster (plural casters)

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.

(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.

Verb

caster (third-person singular simple present casters, present participle castering, simple past and past participle castered)

To act as a caster

Anagrams

• Cartes, Cestar, acters, carest, carets, cartes, caters, crates, creats, racest, reacts, recast, rescat, reƤcts, traces

Source: Wiktionary


Cast"er, n.

1. One who casts; as, caster of stones, etc. ; a caster of cannon; a caster of accounts.

2. A vial, cruet, or other small vessel, used to contain condiments at the table; as, a set of casters.

3. A stand to hold a set of cruets.

4. A small wheel on a swivel, on which furniture is supported and moved.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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