caster

/ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/US/ˈkæstɚ/

caster noun: someone or something that casts.

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Noun

caster (plural casters)

Someone or something that casts.
- a caster of spells
- a caster of stones
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).
- 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.1980 August 30, Nancy Walker, “My Boss Comes Out”, in Gay Community News, volume 8, number 6, page 7
Synonyms:

casterwheel
A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.
- 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...1860 January 28 – October 13, Charles Dickens, chapter VI, in The Uncommercial Traveller, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1861, →OCLC
Synonyms:

cruet
A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

Synonyms:

cruet
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.
- In addition, caster helps to reduce steering effort and to return the steering wheel to the center position after a turn.2008, Ronald G Haefner, The Car Care Book, →ISBN, page 238

Verb

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

To act as a caster (wheeled assembly).

Proper noun capitalized: Caster

Caster (plural Casters)

A surname.

caster meaning in Tamil and Kannada

caster in Tamil

காற்சில்லு, ஆமணக்கு

caster in Kannada

ಎರಕಗಾರ, ಅಚ್ಚುಗಾರ

Examples of caster in a sentence

a caster of bronze statuary
He’s eerie as a shadow without its caster.2016, C Pam Zhang, How Much of These Hills Is Gold, Virago, page 231:

All 18 example sentences with caster

Synonyms of caster

Forms of caster

Noun
plural	casters
alternative UK	castor
Verb
third-person singular present	casters
present participle	castering
past participle	castered
past	castered
Proper noun
plural	Casters

Plural of caster: casters

Origin of caster

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

Words formed from caster

Phrases with caster

caster sugars

Words that rhyme with caster

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Questions about caster

What does caster mean?: Caster means someone or something that casts.
What is caster in Tamil?: Caster in Tamil is காற்சில்லு, ஆமணக்கு. See Caster meaning in Tamil.
How do you use caster in a sentence?: a caster of bronze statuary
What part of speech is caster?: Caster can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce caster?: Caster is pronounced /ˈkɑːstə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of caster?: The plural of caster is casters.

Words near caster in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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