castor

/หˆkษ‘หs.tษ™/

IPA: /K AE1 S T ER0/

noun
  1. 1

    A hat made from the fur of the beaver.

  2. 2

    A heavy quality of broadcloth for overcoats.

  3. 3

    Castoreum (bitter exudate of mature beavers).

  4. 4

    Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Ariadne, of Africa and Asia.

noun
  1. 1

    A variety of petalite found in Elba.

Synonyms

noun
  1. 1

    Someone or something that casts

    โ€œa caster of spells; a caster of stones; a caster of bronze statuary; an online caster of video gamesโ€

  2. 2

    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).

    โ€œMany office chairs roll on a set of casters.โ€

  3. 3

    A shaker with a perforated top for sprinkling condiments such as sugar, salt, pepper, etc.

    โ€œa set of castersโ€

  4. 4

    A stand to hold a set of shakers or cruets.

  5. 5

    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.

Source: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/castor