"roll-on" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: Deverbal from roll on. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} roll-on (not comparable)
  1. (of deodorant, etc.) Applied by means of a ball that can be rotated to pick up liquid from the inner reservoir. Tags: not-comparable, usually Related terms: rollabout, rolldown, rolloff, roll-up
    Sense id: en-roll-on-en-adj-iNfB6wK6 Categories (other): English links with manual fragments Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 45 32 23

Noun

Forms: roll-ons [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from roll on. Head templates: {{en-noun}} roll-on (plural roll-ons)
  1. (dated, often in the plural) A type of corset which is rolled on to the body. Tags: dated, in-plural, often Categories (topical): Underwear Translations (type of corset): ластичен колан (lastičen kolan) [masculine] (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-roll-on-en-noun-zKUBcR5P Disambiguation of Underwear: 10 62 28 Categories (other): English deverbals, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English deverbals: 39 52 9 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 58 10 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 64 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 25 67 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 22 72 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 32 57 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 25 63 12 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 26 64 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 25 64 12 Disambiguation of 'type of corset': 96 4
  2. A cosmetic product (especially a deodorant) applied by means of a ball at the head of a container, which rolls the product on to the skin etc. Translations (cosmetic product): roll-on (Finnish), Deoroller [masculine] (German), roll-on (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-roll-on-en-noun-bWSEJTD7 Disambiguation of 'cosmetic product': 6 94

Inflected forms

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