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roll-on

roll-on adjective: applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Adjective

roll-on (not comparable)

  1. (usually) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.

Noun

roll-on (plural roll-ons)

  1. (dated, in plural, often) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body.
    • Roll-ons and lastex^([sic]) corsets in tube form were a lighter type of corset mostly worn by young women and under summer clothes.1997, Marianne Thesander, The Feminine Ideal, page 139
    • We've had […] the Dior padded hips and bosoms, bustles for big bums, roll-ons for flat bums, and who remembers Sabrina in the 50s? She had to be hour-glass shape.2007 November 6, Michele Hanson, The Guardian
  2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc.
    • I never minded aerosols. But in the interests of the environment, I changed to roll-ons.1999 July 16, Laura Craik, The Guardian

Forms of roll-on

pluralroll-ons

Origin of roll-on

Deverbal from roll on.

Questions about roll-on

What does roll-on mean?
Roll-on means applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir.
What part of speech is roll-on?
Roll-on can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near roll-on in the dictionary

  1. roll-calls
  2. roll-neck
  3. roll-necks
  4. roll-off
  5. roll-offs
  6. roll-on
  7. roll-on roll-off
  8. roll-ons
  9. roll-out
  10. roll-outs
  11. roll-over

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