ROLLER SKATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does roller skate mean? 

• ROLLER SKATE (noun)
  The noun ROLLER SKATE has 1 sense:

1. a shoe with pairs of rollers fixed to the sole

  Familiarity information: ROLLER SKATE used as a noun is very rare.

• ROLLER SKATE (verb)
  The verb ROLLER SKATE has 1 sense:

1. travel on shoes with steel or rubber rollers attached to their soles

  Familiarity information: ROLLER SKATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ROLLER SKATE (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)

• ROLLER SKATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they roller skate    ... he / she / it roller skates   
Past simple: roller skated   
Past participle: roller skated   
-ing form: roller skating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

In some fashionable restaurants, the waiters roller skate around

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)