noun

caster

caster, castor, thrower

The office chair has five casters.

The office chair has five casters.

a caster on ((sth.)) a wheel attached to something One caster on my suitcase is broken.

Synonyms: wheel, roller, pivot.

From the verb 'cast' + the agent suffix '-er'. It's something that 'casts' or allows something to be 'cast' (pushed/thrown).

Think of an office chair. You can 'cast' it across the room because it has little wheels called casters.

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