Synonyms for caster


Grammar : Noun
Spell : kas-ter, kah-ster
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkæs tər, ˈkɑ stər

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Définition of caster

Origin :
  • "person or thing that casts," late 14c. (also sometimes castor), agent noun from cast (v.). Meaning "pepper shaker, small perforated container" is from 1670s, on notion of "throwing."
  • As in wheel : noun circle, revolution
  • As in flask : noun small container for liquid
Example sentences :
  • I shall go back and refute that common scoffer, that caster of doubts.
  • Extract from : « The Burning Spear » by John Galsworthy
  • Happily my bust is out of hand, and the caster (not B. this time) is hard at work on it.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • His opponent, still with his secretive smile, took up the caster.
  • Extract from : « In Kings' Byways » by Stanley J. Weyman
  • The chief Latin contributions are -Chester, -cester, -caster, Lat.
  • Extract from : « The Romance of Names » by Ernest Weekley
  • One of these is the composing machine, or keyboard, the other the caster, or type-founder.
  • Extract from : « The Building of a Book » by Various
  • In the middle were hooks in the trunk-beams for the caster and the lantern.
  • Extract from : « The Yacht Club » by Oliver Optic
  • The caster hung the mask by the door at the entrance to his shop.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • The caster removed it from the door, laid it on the counter, and named his price.
  • Extract from : « The Goose Man » by Jacob Wassermann
  • He did not shake the notes from his pen as pepper from a caster.
  • Extract from : « Wagner as I Knew Him » by Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger
  • At the beginning the caster should make no attempt to secure distance.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Mechanic, Book 2 » by Various
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