Roller (disambiguation)

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Roller may mean:

In biology:

• Roller, family of brightly coloured near passerine birds in the genera Coracias and Eurystomus

In industry:

• Roller (machine part), a cylindrical machine component or a component of a roller bearing
• Roller (agricultural tool), an agricultural or gardening implement for levelling ground
• Road roller (also called 'roller-compactor' or steam roller), a heavy machine used in construction of roads & foundations
• Roller-compactor (chemical industry), a machine used in pharmaceutical, chemical and food industries
• rolling mill, heavy machine with cylindrical rolls, used in a steel mill: see also hot rolling and cold rolling

Other uses:

• Roller (brush), a type of rotating paintbrush
• Rolls-Royce, nickname for the motor car brand
• the Rollers, rock band which evolved from the Bay City Rollers
• Roller (software), a blog server written in Java
• in Hairdressing a Hair Roller or Hot Roller is used to curl hair.
• Light bar