road roller

noun

a person who rolls roads.

any machine for rolling road materials flat.

Origin of road roller

First recorded in 1885–90

Words nearby road roller

road pricing, road racing, road rage, Roadrailer, road rash, road roller, roadrunner, road show, roadside, roadstead, roadster

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Example sentences from the Web for road roller

The patient horses who pulled the road-roller or the noisy lawn-mower made his eyes redden savagely.
Kings in Exile|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts
Pretty soon a chain of sausages fell in a circle around her, flattening out as if a road-roller had passed over them.
The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8|Ambrose Bierce
But, you never see a hippopotamus chained to a road-roller, or riding a bicycle.
The Congo and Coasts of Africa|Richard Harding Davis

British Dictionary definitions for road roller

roadroller

/ (ˈrəʊdˌrəʊlə) /

noun

a motor vehicle with heavy rollers for compressing road surfaces during road-making

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单词	road roller
释义	road roller noun a person who rolls roads. any machine for rolling road materials flat. Origin of road roller First recorded in 1885–90 Words nearby road roller road pricing, road racing, road rage, Roadrailer, road rash, road roller, roadrunner, road show, roadside, roadstead, roadster Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for road roller The patient horses who pulled the road-roller or the noisy lawn-mower made his eyes redden savagely. Kings in Exile\|Sir Charles George Douglas Roberts Pretty soon a chain of sausages fell in a circle around her, flattening out as if a road-roller had passed over them. The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce, Volume 8\|Ambrose Bierce But, you never see a hippopotamus chained to a road-roller, or riding a bicycle. The Congo and Coasts of Africa\|Richard Harding Davis British Dictionary definitions for road roller roadroller / (ˈrəʊdˌrəʊlə) / noun a motor vehicle with heavy rollers for compressing road surfaces during road-making Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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