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ROLLER SKATE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("roller skate" is a kind of...):

skate (sports equipment that is worn on the feet to enable the wearer to glide along and to be propelled by the alternate actions of the legs)

Meronyms (parts of "roller skate"):

roller (a small wheel without spokes (as on a roller skate))

Derivation:

roller skate (travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles

Example:

In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "roller skate" is one way to...):

skate (move along on skates)

Domain category:

athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s

Derivation:

roller skate (a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole)

roller-skater (someone who engages in roller skating)

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